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Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Chamberlain Lake, Washington"

Includes ... Chamberlain Lake ... Chamberlain Lake Rest Area ...

Click image to enlarge Spring, Chamberlain Lake, Washington. Image taken May 1, 2005. Chamberlain Lake ... Chamberlain Lake is on the Washington side of the Columbia and stretches between River Mile (RM) 179 and RM 180. Chamberlain Lake Rest Area is downstream of the lake, and the mouth of the Klickitat River and Lyle, Washington are upstream. The mightly basalt cliff of the Rowena Gap, once known as "Cape Horn" lies across from Chamberlain Lake. Chamberlain Lake Rest Area ... The Chamberlain Lake Rest Area is off of Washington State Highway 14 downstream of Chamberlain Lake. The Rest Area offers good views of Rowena Gap and Memaloose Island. Rowena Gap from Chamberlain Lake Area ... Great views of the basalt flows of the Rowena Gap can be seen from the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area, and from the hills at Chamberlain Lake. Across the Columbia is the massive basalt flow of Fulton Ridge. Click image to enlarge Looking upstream from the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area. Looking at the Rowena Gap. Chamberlain Lake is just visible on the left. Lyle, Washington, is on the hillslope above Chamberlain Lake. Image taken June 4, 2005. Click image to enlarge Rowena Gap Basalt Flow, Oregon, from Chamberlain Lake Rest Area, Washington. Image taken June 4, 2005. Click image to enlarge Rowena Gap, Oregon, from Chamberlain Lake, Washington. View from west end of Chamberlain Lake. Image taken May 1, 2005. Chamberlain Lake Railroad Tunnel The Chamberlain Lake Railroad Tunnel, originally built for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Line, lies downstream of Chamberlain Lake. Heading east the tracks exit the tunnel and continue over a causeway separating Chamberlain Lake from the Columbia River. The west portal can be viewed from the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area. [More] Click image to enlarge Railroad Tunnel at Chamberlain Lake. West portal of the railroad tunnel at Chamberlain Lake. View from the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area. Image taken June 4, 2005. Click image to enlarge West Portal, Railroad Tunnel at Chamberlain Lake. View from the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area. Image taken June 4, 2005. Basalt cliff near the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area ... Click image to enlarge Basalts near the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area. Image taken November 11, 2004. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, ... Return to Menu   SNAKE RIVER CONFLUENCE | COLUMBIA PLATEAU COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE | VANCOUVER PLAINS | JOURNEY TO THE PACIFIC CASCADE RANGE VOLCANOES | CAMPSITES HOME | REGIONS | PENNY POSTCARDS | MY CORPS OF DISCOVERY IMAGE INDEX | LINKS | ABOUT THIS SITE

*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Website, 2003 Sources: All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.

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