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Cedar Creek Grist Mill and Cedar Creek.
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Cedar Creek ...
Cedar Creek is one of the largest tributaries to the Lewis River and enters the Lewis at River Mile (RM) 15.7. The Lewis River flows west to enter the Columbia River at RM 87.5. Lewis and Clark pass the mouth of the Lewis River on November 5, 1806, but make no mention of it. On their return, on March 28, 1806, the men visit the river and call it Cah-wah-na-hi-ooks.
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Cedar Creek at mouth, looking downstream towards the Lewis River.
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Cedar Creek Grist Mill ...
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The Cedar Creek Grist Mill, located on Cedar Creek just upstream of its confluence with the Lewis River, was built in 1876 and is still operational, grinding grains as needed.
George Woodham and his two sons built the water powered mill in 1876. Families throughout north Clark County brought their grain to the mill to be ground into flour or livestock feed. Throughout the next 100 years the mill changed hands numerous times. The flume was built during the 1880s, the water wheel was replaced with a turbine in 1886, additions to the building were added and remove, and the mill was used for a variety of occupations throughout the years. In the late 1950s the Washington State Fisheries Department bought the property, removed the old dam and built a fish ladder. The Fort Vancouver Historical Society leased the mill in 1961.
The Mill was listed on the Clark County Heritage Register in 1986 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 (Building - #75001844).
Today the Cedar Creek Grist Mill is a working museum, showing visitors the inside workings of a grist mill of that time period. A covered bridge spanning Cedar Creek was updated and completed in 1994.
The 11.8 acre site is owned by the Washington State Fish & Wildlife Department and includes the mill, trails, and parking.
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Cedar Creek Grist Mill.
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Flume, Cedar Creek Grist Mill.
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Covered Bridge, Cedar Creek Grist Mill.
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Sign, Cedar Creek Grist Mill.
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Views of Cedar Creek ...
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Flume, Cedar Creek at Grist Mill.
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Fish Trap, Cedar Creek at Grist Mill.
The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife uses a fish trap to count the number of returning steelhead and salmon in Cedar Creek.
The Cedar Creek Grist Mill Flume is in the background.
Image taken July 4, 2005.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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