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Mount Adams as seen from Trout Lake, Trout Lake, Washington.
Image taken August 22, 2011.
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Trout Lake, Trout Lake Creek, and Trout Lake Valley ...
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The community of Trout Lake (occasionally seen spelled Troutlake) is an unincorporated city within the Trout Lake Valley, and is located approximately two miles upstream on Trout Lake Creek, a tributary of the White Salmon River. Trout Lake Creek merges with the White Salmon River at White Salmon River Mile (RM) 26.
According to "a2zgorge.info" website (2011) the Trout Lake Valley is:
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"... a picturesque valley, completely surrounded by high hills and with only one natural outlet - following the course of the White Salmon River. The White Salmon River, which the Indians called "Nike-pum", runs the full length of the valley, made larger by the entrance of Trout Creek, which after broadening out to form Trout Lake, flows into the river in the center of the valley. ...
The first white man to come into the valley with the idea of making a home was Peter Stoller, a native of Switzerland, who had heard of the valley, while living in Gilmer Valley. In 1879, he made a trip in by himself to look over the land and choose his homesite on the east and south of Trout Lake. He stayed a week and even began cutting logs and making preparations to build his cabin. In the spring of 1880, he moved his family which consisted of his wife, three sons, and four unmarried daughters, over from the Gilmer Valley. ..."
Twenty miles north of Trout Lake lies Mount Adams, noted for wildflowers and huckleberries. West of Trout Lake are located the Guler Ice Caves, which, at the turn of the century were once the source of ice for the entire Columbia Gorge before the development of artificial refrigeration.
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Portland to Trout Lake, 1919 ...
"From Portland to Trout lake is a matter of only a six or seven hours' run over good roads all the way. ... The route is scenic over the whole distance. It goes by way of the Columbia river highway to Hood River, thence by ferry across the Columbia to White Salmon, Wash., and form there 24 miles into the mountains, much of the way through beautiful forests of fir and pine."
Source:
"Sunday Oregonian", June 1, 1919, Historic Oregon Newspaper Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, 2016.
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The Lake ...
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Trout Lake looking west, Washington.
Image taken August 22, 2011.
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The Town ...
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Trout Lake General Store, Trout Lake, Washington.
Note what I'm presuming are "Big Foot's" fingers on left roof.
View from moving car.
Image taken August 22, 2011.
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"Fingers" ... Trout Lake General Store, Trout Lake, Washington.
View from moving car.
Image taken August 22, 2011.
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Old buildings, Trout Lake, Washington.
View from moving car.
Image taken August 22, 2011.
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Sign ... Presbyterian Church, Trout Lake, Washington.
Image taken August 22, 2011.
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Presbyterian Church, Trout Lake, Washington.
Built in 1906.
Image taken August 22, 2011.
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Mount Adams ...
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Scenic, Mount Adams, Trout Lake, Washington.
Image taken August 22, 2011.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, October 29, 1805 ...
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