Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "McNary Beach, Oregon"

Includes ... McNary Beach ... McNary Beach Park ...

Click image to enlarge McNary Beach, Oregon, looking downstream. McNary Dam and Sillusi Butte are in the background. Image taken September 25, 2005. McNary Beach ... McNary Beach Park is a 118-acre day-use park located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 293, at the foot of Lake Wallula, the reservoir behind McNary Dam. McNary Beach is long and narrow, running 1 1/2 miles along the Oregon shore, with the downstream quarter being a developed picnic and beach area. The park is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Upstream of McNary Beach is Hat Rock State Park and Warehouse Beach, another Corps of Engineers Recreation Area. Lewis and Clark first passed through this area on October 19, 1805. McNary Dam from McNary Beach ... Click image to enlarge McNary Dam and Sillusi Butte from road to McNary Beach, Oregon. Image taken September 25, 2005. Click image to enlarge McNary Dam from McNary Beach, Oregon. Sillusi Butte is in the background. Lake Wallula extends 64 miles behind the McNary Dam. Image taken September 25, 2005. Lake Wallula from McNary Beach ... Lake Wallula is the reservoir behind the McNary Dam. [More] Click image to enlarge Lake Wallula from McNary Beach, Oregon, upstream of McNary Dam. Image taken September 25, 2005. Click image to enlarge Lake Wallula from McNary Beach, Oregon. Image taken September 25, 2005. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, October 19, 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: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, 2005, Walla Walla District; 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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