[3] The river originates at Sonora Peak, in the Sierra Nevada in Alpine County, California.

In Nevada the river enters the agricultural Carson Valley and passes through the Washoe Indian Reservation, past Dresslerville, Gardnerville and Minden.

[7] The United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) proposed their intention in 1962 to build a $23 million dam to both provide irrigation water for a Carson canal, and generate 800 kW of power.

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