Waterfront Living
Boating Safety Links:
- Idaho Power Recreational Facilities
- National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
- National Safe Boating Council
- National Safe Boating Week
- National Water Safety Congress
- Personal Watercraft Industry Association (PWIA)
- River Flows
- U. S. Coast Guard 13th District
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary – 13th District
- U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety
- U.S. Power Squadrons
- Water levels at Boise Area Reservoirs
Boating Organizations:
- American Canoe Association (Paddle Sports)
- American Watercraft Association (PWC)
- Idaho Whitewater Association (Rafting/Kayaking)
- Intermountain Jet Boat Association (Jet Boating)
- Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (Fishing & Boating)
- Southern Idaho Sailing Association (Sailing)
- Western Whitewater Association (Jet Boating)
The Priest Lakes, Pend Oreille Lake, Coeur d’Alene Lake, and the lower reaches of the St. Joe River all provide motor boat enthusiasts the opportunity to fish, water ski, and relax amid the scenic beauty of the Idaho Panhandle. On the Idaho Panhandle National Forests we have thousands of miles of streams and hundreds of lakes, including 3 of Idaho’s largest, to beckon water sports enthusiasts to fish, raft, tube, canoe, kayak, swim, sail, and water ski. Get your sailboat, kayak, canoe, raft, or tube and hit one of the IPNF’s many lakes or streams. The Moyie and St. Joe Rivers provide rafting and kayaking challenges from mild to wild. Canoes, kayaks, and tubes come out on the lower St. Joe, North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene and Priest Rivers when the rivers recedes after spring runoff. The big lakes – Coeur d’Alene, Pend Oreille, and Priest – offer excellent conditions for sailboats.