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Cape Horn, Washington, as seen from the Bridal Veil Overlook, Bridal Veil, Oregon.
Image taken October 11, 2004.
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Bridal Veil State Scenic Viewpoint ...
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The Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint is a day-use park located above Bridal Veil Falls, and can be reached from the Historic Columbia River Highway. The park is part of the Oregon State Parks system and has picnic tables, restrooms, and trails to fantastic views. One trail leads down to Bridal Veil Falls while another loops to fantastic views of the Columbia River Gorge.
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Trail, Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint.
Image taken October 21, 2006.
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Bridal Veil Overlook Trail ...
Views from the Overlook ...
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Cape Horn, Washington.
Cape Horn as seen from Bridal Veil, Oregon.
Image taken October 11, 2004.
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Train leaving Cape Horn Tunnel and approaching Cape Horn Landing.
View from Bridal Veil Overlook.
Image taken October 22, 2005.
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Crown Point as seen from Bridal Veil, Oregon.
Image taken October 11, 2004.
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Pillars of Hercules as seen from Bridal Veil, Oregon.
The 120-foot-high basalt Pillars of Hercules was one a training site for mountain climbing.
Image taken March 6, 2005.
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Phoca Rock as seen from Bridal Veil, Oregon.
Image taken October 10, 2004.
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Sand Island as seen from Bridal Veil, Oregon.
Image taken October 11, 2004.
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Camas at Bridal Veil Overlook ...
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The upper trail at the Bridal Veil Overlook traverses the cliff overlooking the Columbia River Gorge, leading to great views of the Columbia. Native wild plants such as
camas, lupine, bead lilly, trillium and bleeding heart line both sides of the pathway along the cliff.
"Qua-mosh", "quamash", and "pashaquaw" were various ways the Lewis and Clark journals listed the Camas, scientifically known as "Camassia quamash", a term from the Nez Perce qe'mes".
The Camas plant, a member of the lily family, was unknown to science before the Lewis and Clark journey.
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Camas at Bridal Veil Overlook, Bridal Veil, Oregon.
Image taken May 10, 2006.
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Camas at Bridal Veil Overlook, Bridal Veil, Oregon.
Image taken May 10, 2006.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, November 2, 1805 ...
Examined the rapid below us [from their camp at Fort Rains, looking at the Cascade Rapids] more pertcelarly the danger appearing too great to Hazzard our Canoes loaded, dispatched all the men who could not Swim with loads to the end of the portage below, I also walked to the end of the portage with the carriers where I delayed untill everry articles was brought over and canoes arrived Safe. here we brackfast and took a Meridn. altitude 59° 45' 45" about the time we were Setting out 7 Squars came over loaded with Dried fish, and bear grass neetly bundled up, Soon after 4 Indian men came down over the rapid in a large canoe.
passed a rapid at 2 miles & 1 at 4 miles opposite the lower point of a high Island on the Lard Side [Bradford Island], and a little below 4 Houses on the Stard. Bank, a Small Creek on the Lard Side [Tanner Creek] opposit Straw berry Island [Hamilton Island], which heads below the last rapid, opposit the lower point of this Island [Hamilton Island] passed three Islands covered with tall timber [today there are two, Ives and Pierce] opposit the Beatin rock [Beacon Rock]
Those Islands are nearest the Starboard Side, imediately below on the Stard. Side passed a village of nine houses [Skamania and Skamania Landing], which is Situated between 2 Small Creeks [Woodward Creek and Duncan Creek], and are of the Same construction of those above; here the river widens to near a mile, and the bottoms are more extensive and thickly timbered, as also the high mountains on each Side, with Pine, Spruce pine, Cotton wood, a Species of ash, and alder. at 17 miles passed a rock near the middle of the river [Phoca Rock], about 100 feet high and 80 feet Diamuter,
proceed on down a Smoth gentle Stream of about 2 miles wide, in which the tide has its effect as high as the Beaten rock [Beacon Rock] or the Last rapids at Strawberry Island [Hamilton Island],- Saw great numbers of waterfowl of Different kinds, Such as Swan, Geese, white & grey brants, ducks of various kinds, Guls, & Pleaver [today just below Beacon Rock is Franz National Wildlife Refuge]. ...
we encamped under a high projecting rock on the Lard. Side [Rooster Rock], here the mountains leave the river on each Side
[the massive basalt cliff of Crown Point is on the south side],
which from the great Shute to this place is high and rugid [Columbia River Gorge]; thickly Covered with timber principalley of the Pine Species. The bottoms below appear extensive and thickly Covered with wood. river here about 2½ miles wide. Seven Indians in a Canoe on their way down to trade with the nativs below, encamp with us, those we left at the portage passed us this evening and proceeded on down The ebb tide rose here about 9 Inches, the flood tide must rise here much higher- we made 29 miles to day from the Great Shute [Cascade Locks]-
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