Lewis and Clark's Columbia River
Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Burbank and Burbank Slough, Washington"
Includes ... Burbank ... Burbank Slough ... McNary National Wildlife Refuge ...
Image, 2005, McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank Slough Unit, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Burbank Slough Unit, McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Washington: Image taken September 25, 2005.


Burbank ...
Burbank, Washington, is a small farming community southeast of Pasco which is bordered by the Snake River to the north and the Columbia River to the west.

Robert Hitchman wrote in "Place Names of Washington" (1985, Washington State Historical Society):

"Burbank (T8N R30E, Sec.1) ... Farming green 7 miles southeast of Pasco, near the confluence of Snake and Columbia rivers, extreme west Walla Walla Country. It formerly was the center of an irrigation district, which failed in the early 1930s. In 1907, it was named by Northern Pacific Railway officials for Burbank Power & Water Company, which had a power-house here. The company name had been applied by Will H. Parry of Seattle, in honor of the famous horticulturist Luther Burbank."

Burbank Slough ...
The Burbank Slough lies on the east side of the Columbia River and heads at the Snake River at Columbia River Mile (RM) 325 and stretches to RM 319, just upstream of Badger Island and three miles upstream of Wallula, Washington. The Burbank Slough is part of the McNary National Wildlife Refuge.

McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank Sloughs Unit ...
Burbank Slough is part of the Burbank Sloughs Unit of the McNary National Wildlife Refuge.
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Image, 2005, Walla Walla River and McNary National Wildlife Refuge, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Washington: View at Burbank Slough Unit. Image taken September 25, 2005.


From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, October 18, 1805 ...



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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:
  • Hitchman, R., 1985, Washington State Place Names, Washington State Historical Society;


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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