Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge"

Includes ... Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler ... Paddleboat ... Marine Park, Cascade Locks ...

Click image to enlarge Bradford Island, with the "Columbia Gorge" Sternwheeler, as seen from the mouth of Eagle Creek. Image taken August 23, 2008. "Columbia Gorge" Sternwheeler ... The Sternwheeler "Columbia Gorge" was built by the Nichols Boat Works of Hood River, Oregon and launched on the Columbia River in 1983. Currently it is owned by the Port of Cascade Locks, the "Columbia Gorge" is operated by the Portland Spirit. Tours on the Columbia River include sightseeing from Cascade Locks and Stevenson to the Bonneville Dam. Steamboats, Sternwheelers, and other Ships of the Columbia River ... [More] Views ... Click image to enlarge Columbia River, Greenleaf Peak, Washington, and Paddleboat, as seen from Cascade Locks, Oregon. Image taken October 21, 2006. Click image to enlarge "Columbia Gorge" Sternwheeler, as seen from the mouth of Eagle Creek. Image taken August 23, 2008. Click image to enlarge "Columbia Gorge" Sternwheeler, as seen from the mouth of Eagle Creek. Image taken August 23, 2008. Click image to enlarge View from the mouth of Eagle Creek, Oregon. Beacon Rock is in the distance in the background. Image taken August 23, 2008. Click image to enlarge "Columbia Gorge" Sternwheeler, Cascade Locks, Oregon. Image taken July 2, 2011. Click image to enlarge "Columbia Gorge" Sternwheeler, Cascade Locks, Oregon. Image taken July 2, 2011. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, ... 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: Oregon Historic Photograph Collection website, 2006; Port of Cascade Locks website, 2009; The Oregon History Project website, 2009; 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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