Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon"

Includes ... Cascade Locks ... Cascade Locks Marine Park ... Thunder Island ... National Register of Historic Places ... Sternwheeler "Columbia Gorge" ...

Click image to enlarge Cascade Locks Historical Museum, Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon. Image taken June 3, 2009. The Cascade Locks Historical Museum is located in one of the three original locks tender's houses, built in 1905. Cascade Locks Marine Park ... Cascade Locks Marine Park is along the Columbia River at the location of the remains of the Cascade Locks, on the east side of the town. The park has picnic areas, a playground built like a sternwheeler, the Cascade Locks Historical Museum (housed in one of the 3 original locks tender's houses), and the Oregon Pony, the first steam engine in the Pacific Northwest. In September 2006 the park featured two life-size cutouts of "Seaman", Captain Lewis's newfoundland dog who made the entire journey with Lewis and Clark, and in 2011 two bronzes were dedicated, one of Sacagawea and Pomp, and the other of Captain Lewis's dog Seaman. There is also a walking bridge crossing the remains of the Locks, connecting the Marine Park with a 3-acre "Thunder Island", and the sternwheeler "Columbia Gorge" is based out of the Park. National Register of Historic Places ... Cascade Locks Marine Park (and the Locks) were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 (Structure - #74001686). Views around Marine Park ... Click image to enlarge Cascade Locks Marine Park. View from bridge across the Locks to Thunder Island. Image taken June 29, 2005. Click image to enlarge Cutout of Captain Lewis's dog, "Seaman", at Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon. Image taken September 16, 2006. Click image to enlarge Canadian Geese, Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon. Image taken June 3, 2009. Click image to enlarge Iris, Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon. Image taken June 3, 2009. Cascade Locks Marine Park Cascade Locks Museum ... "Oregon Pony" ... Playground ... Sacagawea with Pomp, and Seaman Bronzes ... Sternwheeler "Columbia Gorge" ... Thunder Island ... Cascade Locks Museum ... The Cascade Locks Historical Museum is located in one of the three original locks tender's houses, built in 1905. It is located at Cascade Locks Marine Park. Click image to enlarge Model, "Mary", Cascade Locks Museum exhibit, Cascade Locks, Oregon. Image taken May 19, 2013. Click image to enlarge Model, "Hassalo" (built in 1880), Cascade Locks Museum exhibit, Cascade Locks, Oregon. Image taken May 19, 2013. Click image to enlarge Steamer "Hassalo" running the Cascades, Cascade Locks Museum exhibit, Cascade Locks, Oregon. Image taken May 19, 2013. "Oregon Pony" ... The Oregon Pony was the first steam engine in the Pacific Northwest. [More] Click image to enlarge Glass enclosure, "Oregon Pony", at Cascade Locks Marine Park, Cascade Locks, Oregon. Image taken September 16, 2006. Click image to enlarge "Oregon Pony" inside glass enclosure, at Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon. Image taken May 19, 2013. Click image to enlarge Name, "Oregon Pony", at Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon. Image taken May 19, 2013. Playground ... Click image to enlarge Playground, Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon. Image taken January 13, 2009. Click image to enlarge Playground, Cascade Locks Marine Park, Oregon. Image taken January 13, 2009. Sacagawea with Pomp, and Seaman Bronzes ... In 2011 two bronzes, one of Sacagawea and Pomp, and the other of Captain Lewis's dog Seaman, were erected at the east end of Cascade Locks Marine Park. [More] Click image to enlarge Bronze, Sacagawea, Pomp, and Seaman, Cascade Locks Marine Park. Image taken May 4, 2011. Click image to enlarge Bronze, Sacagawea, Cascade Locks Marine Park. Image taken February 15, 2013. Sternwheeler "Columbia Gorge" ... Four steamers were present when the Cascade Locks opened on November 5, 1896. Today the sternwheeler "Columbia Gorge" resides at the Cascade Locks, providing today's visitors with a glimpse into the past. [More] Click image to enlarge "Columbia Gorge" Sternwheeler, Cascade Locks, Oregon. Image taken July 2, 2011. Thunder Island ... Thunder Island can be reached at Cascade Locks Marine Park. Click image to enlarge Thunder Island, Cascade Locks Marine Park, Cascade Locks, Oregon. View looking east with the historic locks just visible on the right. Image taken February 15, 2013. Click image to enlarge Thunder Island, Cascade Locks Marine Park, Cascade Locks, Oregon. View looking east with the historic locks visible on the right. Image taken February 15, 2013. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, October 30, 1805 ... Clark, November 2, 1805 ... Return to Menu

*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:    See Cascade Locks;    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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