Priest River
| Priest River | |
|---|---|
Log drivers on the Priest River | |
Location of the mouth of the Priest River in Idaho | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Bonner County, Idaho |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Upper Priest Lake |
| • location | Bonner County, Idaho |
| • coordinates | 48°45′58″N 116°51′52″W / 48.76611°N 116.86444°W |
| • elevation | 2,445 ft (745 m) |
| Mouth | Pend Oreille River |
• location | in Priest River, Bonner County, Idaho |
• coordinates | 48°10′37″N 116°53′34″W / 48.17694°N 116.89278°W |
• elevation | 2,054 ft (626 m) |
| Length | 68 mi (109 km) |
| Basin size | 980 sq mi (2,500 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Priest River, Idaho |
| • average | 1,732 cuft/s |
| • minimum | 285 cuft/s |
| • maximum | 3,500 cuft/s |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | East River, Lion Creek |
| • right | Upper West Branch, Lower West Branch, Granite Creek |
The Priest River is a 68-mile (109 km) long tributary of the Pend Oreille River in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is part of the Columbia River basin, as the Pend Oreille River is a tributary of the Columbia River. The river's drainage basin is 980 square miles (2,500 km2) in area.
The river was named for a Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J..