downstream on the Skagit River
- Viktor Orbán (Wikipedia)
Viktor Mihály Orbán (Hungarian: [ˈviktor ˈmihaːj ˈorbaːn]; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 56th prime minister of Hungary since 2010, having previously held the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also been the party president of the Christian nationalist far-right Fidesz since 2003, and previously from 1993 to 2000. He was re-elected as prime minister in 2014, 2018, and 2022, winning supermajorities in all three elections. On 29 November 2020, he became the country’s longest-serving prime minister. In the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, Orbán was defeated in a landslide, with record turnout.
upstream on the Skagit River
- Ross Dam (Wikipedia)
Ross Dam is a 540-foot (160 m)-high, 1,300-foot (400 m)-long concrete thin arch dam across the Skagit River, forming Ross Lake. The dam is in Washington state, while Ross Lake extends 23 miles (37 km) north to British Columbia, Canada. Both dam and reservoir are located in Ross Lake National Recreation Area, is bordered on both sides by Stephen Mather Wilderness and combined with Lake Chelan National Recreation Area they make up North Cascades National Park Complex.