Everything about The Madison River totally explained
The
Madison River is a headwater
tributary of the
Missouri River, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long, in
Wyoming and
Montana. Its
confluence with the
Jefferson and
Gallatin rivers near
Three Forks, Montana form the Missouri River.
The Madison rises in
Park County in northwestern Wyoming at the confluence of the
Firehole and
Gibbon rivers, a location known as Madison Junction in
Yellowstone National Park. It flows west then north through the mountains of southwestern Montana to join the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers at Three Forks. The
Missouri River Headwaters State Park is located on the Madison at Three Forks. In its upper reaches in
Gallatin County, Montana, the Hebgen Dam forms
Hebgen Lake. In its middle reaches in
Madison County, Montana, the Madison Dam forms
Ennis Lake and provides
hydroelectric power. In 1959, the
Hebgen Lake earthquake formed
Quake Lake just downstream from Hebgen Dam.
The river was named in July
1805 by
Meriwether Lewis at Three Forks. The central fork of the three, it was named for
U.S. Secretary of State James Madison, who would succeed
Thomas Jefferson as
President in 1809. The western fork, the largest, was named for President Jefferson and the east fork for
Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin.
Angling The Madison
The Madison River, from Madison Junction in Yellowstone to Three Forks, is a
fly fishing mecca for serious anglers.
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