Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge, Washington"

Includes ... Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge ... Campsite of October 19, 1805 ... Irrigon, Oregon ... Boardman Unit ... McCormack Unit ... Paterson Unit ... Ridge Unit ... Whitcomb Island Unit ... Columbia River Unit ...

Click image to enlarge Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon,: McCormack Slough, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge, McCormack Unit, near Irrigon, Oregon. Image taken September 24, 2005. Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge ... The Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1969 for wildlife habitat lost to flooding caused by the construction of the John Day Lock and Dam, and is located along both sides of the Columbia River from Boardman, Oregon, upstream to Umatilla, Oregon. The 25,347 acre refuge includes open water, shallow marshes, backwater sloughs, croplands, islands, and shrub-steppe uplands. Migrating waterfowl, bald eagle, colonial nesting birds, migratory songbirds, resident wildlife and rare and endangered species can be found on the refuge. The refuge is located within the Pacific Flyway to provide Arctic nesting geese and ducks a wintering site and a resting stopover. Lewis and Clark and the Umatilla NWR ... Lewis and Clark's campsite of October 19, 1805, was located in today's Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge, near Irrigon, Oregon. [More] The Refuge Complex ... The Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge consists of 6 units. The Boardman Unit is accessed from the Tower Road exit off Highway 84 approximately 3 miles west of the town of Boardman, Oregon. The McCormack Unit is located 3 miles south of Highway 730 off of Paterson Ferry Road near Irrigon, Oregon. The Paterson, Ridge, and Whitcomb Island Units are all accessed from Washington State Highway 14. The Columbia River Unit is accessible by boat. Boat ramps are located in Irrigon and Umatilla, Oregon, in Plymouth, Washington, and on the Paterson Unit in Washington. Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge Boardman Unit ... Columbia River Unit ... McCormack Unit ... Paterson Unit ... Ridge Unit ... Whitcomb Island Unit ... Boardman Unit ... The Boardman Unit is accessed from the Tower Road exit off Oregon Highway 84, approximately three miles west of the town of Boardman, Oregon. Columbia River Unit ... The Columbia River Unit of the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge extends from the eastern half of Crow Butte on the west and to Irrigon, Oregon and Paterson, Washington, on the east, and can be reached from boat ramps in Irrigon and in Umatilla, Oregon. Click image to enlarge Columbia River Unit, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge, Canoe Ridge. Columbia River as seen from Boardman, Oregon, looking across part of the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge (Columbia River Unit). Canoe Ridge, Washington, is in the background. Whitcomb Island is just visible along the Washington State shoreline (greenery). Image taken September 26, 2003. McCormack Unit ... The McCormack Unit of the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge includes a wildlife observation tower, photo blind, nature trail, and auto tour route. The gates on McCormack Unit auto tour route automatically open at dawn and close at dusk. The tour route highlights refuge management activities and provides opportunities for viewing both wildlife and habitat types. Click image to enlarge McCormack Unit, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon. Image taken September 24, 2005. Paterson Unit ... The Paterson Unit of the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Washington shore, upstream of Paterson, Washington, and includes the Paterson Slough. The Paterson Unit can be accessed via Washington State Highway 14. Good views of this section of the Refuge can be seen from the Oregon side near the Umatilla Fish Hatchery. Click image to enlarge Paterson Unit, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. View from the Oregon side near the end of the Umatilla Fish Hatchery Road. Image taken September 24, 2005. Click image to enlarge Paterson Unit, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. View from the Oregon side near the end of the Umatilla Fish Hatchery Road. Image taken September 24, 2005. Ridge Unit ... The Ridge Unit of the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River and accessed via Washington State Highway 14. Whitcomb Island Unit ... The Whitcomb Island Unit of the Umatilla Refuge is located on the Washington shore, upstream of Crow Butte, and accessed via Washington State Highway 14. [More] Click image to enlarge Canoe Ridge and Whitcomb Island. Canoe Ridge, Washington, as seen from Tower Road, Oregon. Whitcomb Island is barely discernable along the shoreline (green at base of Canoe Ridge). Image taken September 24, 2004. Click image to enlarge Whitcomb Island, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. View of the shoreline of the slough separating Whitcomb Island from the Washington shore. Image taken May 24, 2005. Click image to enlarge Whitcomb Island, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. View is looking downstream along the slough which separates Whitcomb Island (left) from the Washington shore (right). Whitcomb Island is part of the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Image taken May 24, 2005. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, October 19, 1805 ... Clark, October 20, 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: "Recreation.gov" website, 2003; 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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