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Columbia River Gorge, looking upstream, as seen from Vista House, Crown Point, Oregon. The Historic Looking at the Columbia River Highway in the foreground and Youngs Creek (Shepperds Dell) on the lower right. Sand Island is in the middle ground with Dalton Point jutting into the Columbia. Phoca Rock is just visible on the left and Beacon Rock is in the background.
Image taken October 21, 2006.
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Dalton Point ...
Views at Dalton Point ...
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Columbia River looking upstream from Dalton Point, Oregon.
Archer Mountain is skyline feature on the left, and Beacon Rock is in the distance.
Image taken April 26, 2004.
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Looking towards the boat ramp, Dalton Point, Oregon.
Image taken October 22, 2005.
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Upstream bank of Dalton Point, Oregon.
Image taken October 22, 2005.
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Downstream bank of Dalton Point, Oregon.
Image taken October 22, 2005.
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Views from Dalton Point ...
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Beacon Rock, Washington, from Dalton Point, Oregon.
Image taken June 27, 2004.
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Prindle area, Washington, from Dalton Point, Oregon.
Image taken October 22, 2005.
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Cape Horn, Washington.
Cape Horn as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon.
Phoca Rock is near the base of the cliff.
Image taken October 22, 2005.
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Phoca Rock closeup, with Cape Horn, Washington.
Phoca Rock, Washington (middle of image), as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon.
Image taken October 25, 2003.
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Looking downstream from Dalton Point, Oregon.
Cape Horn, Washington, is to the right. Sand Island, at the upper end of Rooster Rock State Park is to the left.
Image taken October 25, 2003.
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Sand Island and Crown Point, Oregon, from Dalton Point.
Image taken October 25, 2003.
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Windy Weather ...
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Windy Weather, Phoca Rock, as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon.
According to the evening news, winds were sustaining at 30-40 with gusts of 60-70.
Image taken December 10, 2005.
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Windy Weather, Phoca Rock, as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon.
According to the evening news, winds were sustaining at 30-40 with gusts of 60-70.
Image taken December 10, 2005.
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Windy Weather as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon.
According to the evening news, winds were sustaining at 30-40 with gusts of 60-70.
Image taken December 10, 2005.
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Windy Weather as seen from Dalton Point, Oregon.
According to the evening news, winds were sustaining at 30-40 with gusts of 60-70.
Snow is on Hamilton Mountain.
Image taken December 10, 2005.
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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, with Crown Point rising above it], here the mountains leave the river on each Side
[leaving the Columbia River Gorge, Steigerwald Land NWR is on the north and the Sandy River delta is on the south],
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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