Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Shady Creek Falls, Oregon"

Includes ... Shady Creek ... Shady Creek Falls ...

Click image to enlarge "Shady Creek Falls", located west of Multnomah Falls, Oregon. View from Multnomah Falls parking lot. Image taken October 22, 2005. Shady Creek Falls ... Visible just west of Multnomah Falls behind Multnomah Lodge is an unnamed falls, which according to "Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest" website (2005), is locally called "Shady Creek Falls". Shady Creek Fall" flows into Multnomah Creek. Good views of this falls can be had from the Multnomah Falls parking lot between the east bound and west bound lanes of Interstate 84. Shady Creek Falls is a tiered falls, 200 feet high and 10 feet wide, with 2 drops. Shady Creek Falls is one of many waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge. 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: Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest website, 2005; 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.

/Regions/Places/shady_creek.html September 2008