Description
The Fremont Gorge is cut west to east by the Fremont River through Miners Mountain, a geologic anticline (domed mountain). Fremont Gorge totally fits the definition of a gorge: a deep, narrow valley with very steep rocky sides, usually where a river passes. Fremont Gorge is approximately 9.5 river miles long. It is 1400 feet deep (rim to river) at its maximum.
History
The Fremont name honors John Charles Fremont the first (1855) scientific explorer in what is now Wayne County, Utah. The Fremont name has been in use in Wayne County since the 1870s. Wayne County's first community was named in honor of him.