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The Dalles Dam in springtime.
View from the Oregon side of the Columbia River, just east of The Dalles.
Image taken March 20, 2004.
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The Dalles Dam ...
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The Dalles Dam is located in the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 191.5, at the foot of the (now flooded) "Short Narrows" or "Fivemile Rapids".
Two miles downstream from the Dam is
Rock Fort, Lewis and Clark's campsite of October 25-27, 1805 and again April 15-17, 1806. Also downstream is the Oregon city of The Dalles. One mile upstream is
Spearfish Lake, where Lewis and Clark spent the night of April 18, 1806.
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The Dam and Locks ...
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The Dalles Dam extends one and 1/2 miles from the
Oregon shore to the navigation lock on the Washington shore. Because the boundary
between the two states follows the old river channel, The Dalles Dam is almost
entirely in the state of Washington. The dam complex consists of a navigation lock, 1,380-foot-long spillway, 23 gates, powerhouse and fish passage facilities. The dam was completed in 1957. The filling of Lake Celilo that March inundated
Celilo Falls and the famous "Long" (Fivemile Rapids) and "Short Narrows" (Tenmile Rapids).
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Views of The Dalles Dam ...
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The Dalles Dam in springtime.
View from the Oregon side of the Columbia River, just east of The Dalles.
Image taken March 20, 2004.
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The Dalles Dam in springtime.
View from the Oregon side of the Columbia River, at the ramp to The Dalles Bridge.
Image taken April 24, 2004.
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The Dalles Bridge and The Dalles Dam, once the location of The Dalles to Grand Dalles Ferry.
View from the Oregon side of the Columbia River, just east of The Dalles.
Image taken March 20, 2004.
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Less than one mile downstream of The Dalles Dam is
The Dalles Bridge (U.S. 197), connecting
The Dalles, Oregon, with Murdock and Dallesport in Washington State.
The steel-truss-cantilever bridge was completed in 1953, one of two cantilever bridge built in Washington State during the 1950s. The bridge is 3,339 feet long and cost $2.4 million. It was a toll bridge until 1974.
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The Dalles Bridge looking towards Washington State.
View from the Oregon side of the Columbia River, just east of The Dalles.
Image taken March 20, 2004.
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The Dalles Bridge.
View from the Oregon side of the Columbia River near the onramp to The Dalles Bridge.
Image taken March 20, 2004.
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Lake Celilo is the 24-mile-long impoundment behind the
The Dalles Dam.
The Dalles Dam was completed in 1957, and the rising waters of Lake Celilo
inundated
Celilo Falls, plus the "Long" (Fivemile Rapids) and "Short Narrows" (Tenmile Rapids).
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Lake Celilo, looking downstream towards The Dalles.
Mount Hood, Oregon, and Horsethief Butte, Washington are visible.
Image taken April 24, 2004.
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The Dalles - Celilo Canal and Locks ...
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The Dalles - Celilo Canal was completed in 1915, creating a steamboat waterway around the Fivemile Rapids ("Long Narrows"), Tenmile Rapids ("Short Narrows"), and Celilo Falls. It provided a clear journey to Lewiston, Idaho.
The canal was 8.6 miles long with it's lower end located 3.3 miles above The Dalles
The end of the canal came with construction of The Dalles Dam and Locks.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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