Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Dalton Point, Oregon"

Includes ... Dalton Point ... Dalton Creek ... Dalton Falls ... Dalton Point State Recreation Site ...

Click image to enlarge Columbia River Gorge, looking upstream, as seen from Vista House, Crown Point, Oregon. The Historic Looking at the Columbia River Highway in the foreground and Youngs Creek (Shepperds Dell) on the lower right. Sand Island is in the middle ground with Dalton Point jutting into the Columbia. Phoca Rock is just visible on the left and Beacon Rock is in the background. Image taken October 21, 2006. Dalton Point ... Dalton Point is on the Oregon side of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 133.5, and lies below Bridal Veil Falls. A little over two miles upstream is Multnomah Falls and downstream lies Crown Point and Rooster Rock. Across the river on the Washington side is the Prindle area. "W. Dalton" ... Robert A. Habersham's 1889 Multnomah County map shows "W. Dalton" residing in T1N R5E Section 14. Metsker Map's 1927 map for T1N R5E shows Section 14 under the ownership of "Columbia Highlands Co.". View from Tunnel Point ... Click image to enlarge Columbia River Gorge looking upstream, as seen from Tunnel Point. Image taken October 10, 2004. Click image to enlarge Columbia River Gorge looking upstream, as seen from Tunnel Point. Image taken October 10, 2004. Dalton Creek and Dalton Falls ... The U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database lists "Dalton Creek", "Dalton Point", "Dalton Point Boat Ramp", and "Dalton Point State Recreation Site". "Dalton Falls" is not listed. However, early newspaper articles about the Columbia River Highway mention "Dalton Falls". [More Dalton Creek and Dalton Falls] Views from Dalton Point ... Upstream from Dalton Point good views of Archer Mountain, Beacon Rock, Skamania Island, Cape Horn, and Phoca Rock can be had, as well as views of the Prindle, Washington, area. Downstream can be seen Sand Island and Crown Point. Click image to enlarge Looking across the Columbia from the boat ramp, Dalton Point, Oregon. Image taken October 22, 2005. Click image to enlarge Upstream bank of Dalton Point, Oregon. Image taken October 22, 2005. Click image to enlarge Downstream bank of Dalton Point, Oregon. Image taken October 22, 2005. Click image to enlarge Prindle area, Washington, from Dalton Point, Oregon. Image taken October 22, 2005. Click image to enlarge Beacon Rock, Washington, as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon. Skamania Island is samll treed island in the Columbia. Image taken June 27, 2004. Click image to enlarge Beacon Rock, Washington, as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon. Skamania Island is samll treed island in the Columbia. Image taken October 22, 2005. Click image to enlarge Archer Mountain, Washington, as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon. Hamilton Mountain is snow covered. Image taken December 10, 2005. Click image to enlarge Cape Horn, Washington, as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon. Mount Pleasant rises above while Phoca Rock is in the Columbia near the base of the cliff. Image taken October 22, 2005. Click image to enlarge Cape Horn, Washington, as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon. Phoca Rock is in the Columbia near the base of the cliff. Image taken October 22, 2005. Click image to enlarge Windy Weather, Phoca Rock, as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon. According to the evening news, winds were sustaining at 30-40 with gusts of 60-70. Image taken December 10, 2005. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... 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: "historicmapworks.com" website, 2015; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database, 2015; 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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