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Visiting Bonneville Fish Hatchery

by RidgetopFarm&GardenField Trips, Oregon May 26, 2014February 28, 2016Comments are Disabled

After visiting Bonneville Dam we drove a very short distance to the Bonneville Fish Hatchery. It is on Tanner Creek, close to where it empties into the Columbia River. This is also the location where Lewis and Clark stayed on April 9, 1806. The last time we were at the hatchery was in 2007, on …

Visiting Bonneville Dam

by RidgetopFarm&GardenField Trips, Oregon May 20, 2014February 28, 2016Comments are Disabled

On a recent trip to the Columbia Gorge, we stopped at Bonneville Lock & Dam. It is located about 40 miles east of Portland, on the Columbia River between Oregon & Washington. Construction of the lock & dam was complete in 1938. A second powerhouse was operational in 1981. The lock & dam are used …