Lewis and Clark's Columbia River
Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Tidewater Cove, Washington"
Includes ... Tidewater Cove ...
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Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken March 6, 2007.


Tidewater Cove ...
Tidewater Cove is a condominium development along the Columbia River located three miles east of Vancouver, Washington, at Columbia River Mile (RM) 109.5. Downstream is Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center and Ryan Point. Upstream is Wintler Park and the Interstate 205 Bridge. Tidewater Cove lies along Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail.

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Tidewater Cove, Washington, as seen from Broughton Beach, Oregon. Image taken October 2, 2017.


Waterfront Renaissance Trail ...
Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail is a 14-foot-wide concrete path stretching along the Columbia River shoreline and starts at Vancouver Landing and the Interstate 5 Bridge and ends at Wintler Park, located just upstream of Tidewater Cove.
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Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.


Tidewater Cove, etc.

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  • High Water, 2017 ...
  • Views from Tidewater Cove ...


Views (2015) ...

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Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken March 29, 2015.
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Tidewater Cove Marina, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken March 29, 2015.
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Tidewater Cove Marina, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken March 29, 2015.
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Tulips, Tidewater Cove Marina, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken March 29, 2015.


Views (2007) ...

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Tidewater Cove, looking downstream. Image taken March 6, 2007.
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Tidewater Cove, looking north towards condominium and office building. Image taken March 6, 2007.
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Compass on walk, north, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.
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Condo under construction, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.
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Office Building, Tidewater Cove. Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail runs between the structures and the Columbia River. Image taken March 6, 2007.
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Window, Office Building, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.
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Dolphin, Office Building, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007.


Views (2006) ...

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Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. A marina is in the developer plans for the cove. Image taken October 9, 2006.
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Condominiums, Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken October 9, 2006.


High Water, 2017 ...
According to the National Weather Service's "Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, Historic Crests" (2018), the Columbia River's most recent flood was in 2017. On March 30th, the reading at the "Columbia River at Vancouver" showed the river crested at 17.60 feet, nearly two feet over the 16-foot flood stage for that station.
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Columbia River flooding as seen from Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. View looking south down the marina jetty. Image taken March 6, 2017.

Note the bench at the end of the now-flooded marina jetty.


Views from Tidewater Cove ...
The Tidewater Cove area offers great views of the Columbia River which includes Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson, Government Island, the Interstate 205 Bridge, Wintler Park, Portland International Airport, Rocky Butte, Broughton Beach, and Ryan Point.

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Tidewater Cove, looking upstream, with Mount Hood in the distance. Image taken October 9, 2006.
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Portland International Airport, Mount Jefferson, and Rocky Butte, as seen from Tidewater Cove. Image taken April 5, 2007.
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Tidewater Cove, looking upstream. At Tidewater Cove looking upstream. Image taken October 9, 2006.
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Wintler Park Beach from Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken April 5, 2007.
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Mount Hood and Interstate 205, as seen from Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken April 5, 2007.


From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, November 4, 1805 ...





Clark, March 31, 1806 ...




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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:
  • Tidewater Cove Condominiums website, 2006;


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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