The Columbia River - Vancouver Land Bridge

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington"

Includes ... Confluence Project ... Vancouver Land Bridge ...

Image, 2011, Vancouver Land Bridge, click to enlarge

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Vancouver Land Bridge crossing Washington State Highway 14, Vancouver, Washington. View looking southeast, from north side of Washington State Highway 14. Image taken August 2, 2011.

Columbia River Confluence Project ...

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, artist Maya Lin (designer of the Viet Nam Memorial) was commissioned to design interpretive artwork for seven locations along the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Known as the "Confluence Project", as of July 2011 only four of the seven projects have been completed. The Vancouver "Land Bridge" was finished and dedicated in 2008.

Vancouver Land Bridge ...

The Vancouver Land Bridge crosses Washington State Highway 14 and connects Fort Vancouver to Vancouver's Waterfront Park and the Waterfront Renaissance Trail along the Columbia. The bridge was dedicated August 23, 2008.

"Village Overlook" ...

Click image to enlarge	"Village Overlook", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. North side of the Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	"Village Overlook", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. North side of the Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	View of Fort Vancouver's "Kanaka Village" and archaeological dig. View from the Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken August 2, 2011.

"Prairie Overlook" ...

Click image to enlarge	Path to "Prairie Overlook", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. North side of the Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	"Prairie Overlook", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. North side of the Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	Design, "Prairie Overlook", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. North side of the Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	View of Fort Vancouver. View from the "Prairie Overlook", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken August 2, 2011.

"River Overlook" ...

Click image to enlarge	Path toward "River Overlook", from the south, Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. View of bridge path, from south end, walking north. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	View of the Columbia River. View from the "River Overlook", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken August 2, 2011.

Historical Timeline, south side ...

Click image to enlarge	WWII, "Kaiser Shipyard", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. South end of Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	WWI, "Spruce Mill", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. South end of Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	"Military Post, 1860", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. South end of Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	"Hudson's Bay Company", Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. South end of Bridge. Image taken August 2, 2011.

Portal, south side ...

Click image to enlarge	South portal, Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	Salmon, South portal, Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	Mask, South portal, Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken August 2, 2011.

Other Views from the Bridge ...

Click image to enlarge	Washington State Highway 14. View from the Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken August 2, 2011.
Click image to enlarge	Vancouver, Washington. View from the Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken August 2, 2011.

From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, ...

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^*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: "ConfluenceProject.org" website, 2009.

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.