Swimming Hole

Swimming Hole (HM2K2T)

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N 42° 40.649', W 114° 14.573'

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The North Side Canal Company has given permission to take water from its canals for the pools. Warnings have been issued to all residents not to bathe or swim in the canal as it has a deep and treacherous current. — Arthur Kleinhopf, Minidoka Superintendent of Education
The parched ground in front of you was once a swimming hole built and used by the internees to escape the dust, heat, and boredom of camp life. This popular spot measured 20 feet wide, by 200 feet long, and 5 to 9 feet deep.
Two internee boy drowned in the dangerous North Side Canal in 1943. Camp residents soon built the safer swimming hole. Camp children learned to swim here. Adults enjoyed being near the water, one of the few camp landscape features to remind them of home.
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HM NumberHM2K2T
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Placed ByMinidoka National Historic Site, National Park Service
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Date Added Friday, August 30th, 2019 at 11:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 725907 N 4728686
Decimal Degrees42.67748333, -114.24288333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 40.649', W 114° 14.573'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 40' 38.94" N, 114° 14' 34.38" W
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