SAUVIE ISLAND; A Step Back in Time

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The queen of the falls, Multnomah Falls , will enchant with a foot cascade of water. A stay at the lodge here might be a fun way to break up the journey.

After admiring the beauty of nature you will have a chance to admire the mastery of it and the beauty of engineering when sailing through Bonneville Lock , one of eight locks that you can transit on the river. When you want some fun shore leave, enjoy scaling foot Beacon Rock.

We then passed into the Cascade Locks , the heart of the Columbia River. Hood rather than take their chances with the rapids.

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History says that between and AD a landslide created the first Bridge of the Gods between the lava cliffs of Table Mountain, the north side of the Columbia Gorge. Sailing under the man-made structure of the same name, a steel truss cantilever bridge that spans the Columbia River between the Cascade Locks is one of our most memorable parts of the voyage.

The spectacular greenery during the sail a dramatic counter-point to the man-made wonders we encountered.

Enchanting Yachting on the Columbia River, Step back in time

We enjoyed our stop in The Dalles, a postcard perfect riverfront town with a small-town atmosphere and enjoyed a visit to the dam and fisheries. We also got our adventure on by trekking many waterfalls between Crown Point and the Dalles. At feet, the John Day Lock has the distinction of being the largest single-lift lock in the world.

After transiting, we landed in desert country. Only a few hundred feet above sea level, many orchards and vineyards dot the countryside here due to intricate irrigation systems. A wonderful experience for the whole family includes visiting the John Day Fossil Beds where the world of dinosaurs came to life in exciting ways right before our eyes. The fossils and evidence of the creatures that once roamed here rival the awesome natural beauty to be found on the Columbia.

The glitz and the glam in Cannes never stops. The island came to take his name. Four of the 64 wagons carried Robert E. Miller, his wife Sara Fergueson, eight of their 11 children, and their families.

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Bybee later headed, as did many pioneers, to the great California gold rush. He found gold, and returned with enough money to build the nine-room classical Greek Revival house that stands restored on the property today. In the U. Congress passed the Donation Land Act to reward pioneers for their hardships in settling the West.

A married couple could claim acres, half for the husband, half for the wife. Beginning in the s, dikes were built to protect houses and farms from the freshets that flooded the island every year in early summer, and sometimes again later. In a small bridge was built to connect the island to the mainland.

Before that, people traveled by boat or ferry to cross the Multnomah Channel. The island is approximately 24, acres—about 15 miles long and about four miles wide, almost the same size and shape as Manhattan. The lakes and natural areas are a major stop on the Pacific Flyway and a bird-watching mecca. In , a new bridge was dedicated by Multnomah County, its main span floated downriver in a memorable spectacle.

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With flat roadways, the island is popular with bicyclists and joggers. Sandy beaches on the Columbia draw warm-weather crowds, and the island is also renowned for hiking, hunting, fishing, and boating.

There are not many places on earth where at sunrise you can go on a bald eagle watch and count a dozen bald eagles, paddle midday on a lake whose shores brim with wapato steeped in history, and at sunset travel a half hour into town to an elegant theater and watch Baryshnikov dance.

Sauvie Island is a unique place, indeed. Above information provided by author and Sauvie Island resident, Donna Matrazzo. Adapted from Wild Things: D, Sauvie Island Heritage Series 1: Historical Facts Sauvie Island was formed beginning more than a million years ago in the Pleistocene era, from mountain sediments washing downriver, stopped by a ledge of large rocks.

Sauvie Island

Native Americans The original inhabitants of the island were the Multnomah tribe of the Chinook Indians. Explorers White exploration of the Columbia River began in May, , when Captain Robert Gray traveled 36 miles upriver, still odd miles north of the island. Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark literally put the island on the map during their explorations of and , when they named it Wappatoe Island.

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