Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Vancouver, Washington"

Includes ... Waterfront Renaissance Trail ... Vancouver Landing ... George Vancouver Monument ... "Old Apple Tree" ... Old Apple Tree Park ... Waterfront Park ... Marine Park ... Ryan Point ... Kaiser Viewing Tower ... Columbia Shores ... Ilchee Bronze ... Wendy Rose Sculpture ... Water Resources Center ... Tidewater Cove ... Wintler Park ...

Click image to enlarge Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Columbia Shores. Image taken December 31, 2006. 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, passes locations such as the Capt. George Vancouver Monument, Vancouver's "Old Apple Tree", Waterfront Park, Columbia Shores and the Ilchee Bronze, the World War II "Women in the Shipyards" sculpture Wendy Rose, then continues on past Ryan Point and Marine Park, the Water Resources Education Center, the condominium development of Tidewater Cove, and ends at Wintler Park. A "Land Bridge" connects the Waterfront Renaissance Trail with Fort Vancouver and areas of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve. Along the Trail ... (approximately west to east) Click image to enlarge View at Vancouver Landing. Image taken July 3, 2005. Click image to enlarge Vancouver Monument, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken April 1, 2007. Click image to enlarge Captain George Vancouver Monument, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken April 1, 2007. Click image to enlarge "Old Apple Tree", Vancouver, Washington. The Old Apple Tree Park is one of the endpoints for Vancouver's "Land Bridge" over Washington State Highway 14, connecting Fort Vancouver with the Waterfront Renaissance Trail. Image taken April 5, 2007. Click image to enlarge Vancouver Land Bridge crossing Washington State Highway 14, Vancouver, Washington. View looking southeast, from north side of Washington State Highway 14. Image taken August 2, 2011. Click image to enlarge Waterfront Park, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken April 5, 2007. Click image to enlarge Columbia River shoreline, near Waterfront Renaissance Trail. View west of condominiums at Columbia Shores and east of the Interstate 5 Bridge. The Waterfront Renaissance Trail is visible behind trees on the right. Image taken December 31, 2006. Click image to enlarge March 30, 1806 campsite, looking downstream. Condominiums, with the Interstate-5 Bridge just visible, connecting Vancouver, Washington (right) with Hayden Island, Oregon (left). Image taken January 20, 2004. Click image to enlarge Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Columbia Shores. Image taken December 31, 2006. Click image to enlarge March 30, 1806 campsite, looking upstream. Condominiums, with Mount Hood in the background, and the tower of Portland International Airport visible on the right. Image taken January 20, 2004. Click image to enlarge Waterfront Renaissance Trail, west of Columbia Shores. Image taken December 31, 2006. Click image to enlarge Ilchee Bronze. Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken December 31, 2006. Click image to enlarge "Wendy Rose" sculpture, Renaissance Trail at Columbia Shores, Washington. Image taken January 20, 2016. Click image to enlarge "Wendy Rose", Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken December 31, 2011. Click image to enlarge Obolisk, Marine Park. View at the entrance to Marine Park and Ryan Island. Image taken April 5, 2007. Click image to enlarge Marine Park. Image taken April 5, 2007. Click image to enlarge Kaiser Shipyard Memorial, Ryan Point, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken December 18, 2004. Click image to enlarge Mount Hood, Oregon, and the Interstate-205 Bridge, as seen from Ryan Point, Washington. Image taken December 18, 2004. Click image to enlarge Water Resources Education Center, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken January 1, 2006. Click image to enlarge Columbia River from Water Resources Education Center, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken October 9, 2006. Click image to enlarge Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. The Waterfront Renaissance Trail runs past Tidewater Cove. A marina is in the developer plans for the cove. Image taken October 9, 2006. Click image to enlarge Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Tidewater Cove. Image taken March 6, 2007. Click image to enlarge Looking upstream from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. Mount Hood, Oregon, is in the background. Image taken October 21, 2005. Click image to enlarge View from Wintler Park, Washington. Looking across the Columbia River towards Portland International Airport, from the Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Wintler Park, Washington. Image taken October 21, 2005. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, November 4, 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: Southwest Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau website, 2006; Vancouver Clark Parks and Recreation website, 2006; "Waymarking.com" 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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