Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Tidewater Cove, Washington

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Tidewater Cove, Washington"

Includes ... Tidewater Cove ...

Image, 2006, Tidewater Cove, click to enlarge

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Tidewater Cove Condominiums. A marina is in the developer plans for the cove. Image taken October 9, 2006.

Tidewater Cove ...

Tidewater Cove is a condominium development along the Columbia River located three miles east of Vancouver, Washington, at Columbia River Mile (RM) 109.5. Downstream is Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center and Ryan Point. Upstream is Wintler Park and the Interstate 205 Bridge. Tidewater Cove lies along Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail.

Views around Tidewater Cove ...

Click image to enlarge	Tidewater Cove. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Homes overlooking Tidewater Cove. At Tidewater Cove looking upstream. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Tidewater Cove. At Tidewater Cove looking upstream. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Tidewater Cove. At Tidewater Cove looking upstream. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Geese, Tidewater Cove. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Seagull, Tidewater Cove. Mount Hood is in the background with the Interstate 205 Bridge in the middleground. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Cormorant, Tidewater Cove. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Teasel, Tidewater Cove. Spiky "Teasel" (Dipsacus sylvestris). Image taken October 9, 2006.

March 2007 ...

Click image to enlarge	Tidewater Cove, view downstream. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Tidewater Cove, view upstream. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Tidewater Cove, new construction area. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Tidewater Cove. View upstream, towards new construction. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Tidewater Cove. View north, towards condominium under construction (left) and new office building (right). Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Compass on walk, north, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Condo under construction, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Office Building, Tidewater Cove. Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail runs between the structures and the Columbia River. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Window, Office Building, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Dolphin, Office Building, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.

Waterfront Renaissance Trail ...

Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail is a 14-foot-wide concrete path stretching along the Columbia River shoreline and starts at Vancouver Landing and the Interstate 5 Bridge and ends at Wintler Park, located just upstream of Tidewater Cove.
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Image, 2007, Tidewater Cove, click to enlarge

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Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.

Views from Tidewater Cove ...

The Tidewater Cove area offers great views of the Columbia River which includes Mount Hood to the east, Government Island, the Interstate 205 Bridge, Wintler Park, Portland International Airport, Rocky Butte, Broughton Beach, and Ryan Point.

Click image to enlarge	Columbia River, Tidewater Cove. In the distance Lemon Island (of the Government Island complex) is on the left and the tower from Portland International Airport is on the right. Rocky Butte, a Boring Lava Cone, can also be seen on the right. Image taken March 6, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Mount Hood and the Interstate 205 Bridge, from Tidewater Cove. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Wintler Park Beach from Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken April 5, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Broughton Beach on the Oregon shore, from Tidewater Cove. The western end of Broughton Beach is on the left. Image taken October 9, 2006.
Click image to enlarge	Ryan Point from Tidewater Cove. Image taken October 9, 2006.

From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

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^*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: Tidewater Cove Condominiums Website, 2006.

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.