McCall, Idaho
| McCall | |
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 Location in Valley County
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1917 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Idaho |
| County : | Valley County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 55 ′ N , 116 ° 6 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 2,084 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 136.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 17.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 15.3 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 1528 m |
| Postcodes : | 83635, 83638 |
| Area code : | +1 208 |
| FIPS : | 16-48790 |
| GNIS ID : | 0396862 |
| Website : | www.mccall.id.us |
McCall is a resort town in Valley County in the US state of Idaho , which is south of Payette Lake in the Payette National Forest .
history
Before the first settlement by Europeans, the Tukuaduka Shoshone and the Nez Perce lived in this area . At the beginning of the 18th century, the fur trader François Payette came to the area. 60 years later, the first miners came to the area in search of gold. They named their settlement Lake City , but the search was unsuccessful, so they moved on. McCall was created from 1889 to 1891 by Thomas McCall and his family. He bought a piece of land on Payette Lake and built a house, school, hotel, and post office on it. He also bought a sawmill from the Warren Dredging Company, which he later sold to the Hoff & Brown Lumber Company.
At the beginning of the 20th century, tourism gained further importance: another hotel was opened in 1902, a tented campsite ( Sylvan Beach Resort ) on Payette Lake in 1906 and a restaurant in 1907. With the opening of the Oregon Short Line (later the Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad ) in 1914, McCall secured tourism as an important source of income. In 1917, McCall gained Village status .
In 1943 the United States Forest Service established the only fire jump training camp in the country here in McCall . In 1965, Ponderosa State Park was placed under protection on a peninsula .
traffic
McCall is on Idaho State Highway 55 , which is called the Payette River Scenic Byway . There is also McCall Municipal Airport south of town .
Ski areas
McCall has three ski areas, Little Ski Hill , Brundage Mountain and Tamarack. The former was formerly called the Payette Lakes Ski Area and was founded in 1937 as the second Idaho ski area after the Sun Valley for forest workers. Nowadays, a T-bar lift is operated in the area, the height difference between the routes is 123 m from the highest point, 1706 m high.
The Brundage Mountain ski area is northwest of McCall and opened in November 1961. There are currently five chairlifts there , two of which were newly built in summer 2007. The routes overcome a height difference of 548 m from the highest, 2328 m high point.
The Tamarack ski area was opened in December 2004 and has a height difference of over 823 m, measured from the highest point, 2335 m high. It is located west of the Cascade Reservoir and was called WestRock until the 1990s .
Others
In 1940 the Hollywood film Northwest Passage was shot here.