Bonneville Dam Historic District; Also known as Powerhouse, Navigation Lock and Administrative Site; See also: Columbia River between Bradford and Cascade Islands off I-80 in Multnomah County, Oregon to Washington Hwy 14 in Skamania County, Washington.
Bonneville Dam, located 145 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River, was built from 1933 to late 1930s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is the oldest of four massive Army Corps of Engineers projects along the Columbia River.
This dam is one of the most-viewed attractions in Oregon. The glass-walled visitors center on Bradford Island, an ancient Indian burial grounds, offers many exhibits that educate you about the dam operations, navigational history on the Columbia River and fish migration. There is a gift shop. This was the first dam on the Columbia River to provide facilities for the passage of migratory fish. When the salmon are migrating, you can enjoy an underwater view of their spectacular ascent up the fish ladders.
Instructions for logging waymark: a photograph is required that shows you (or your GPS receiver, if you are waymarking solo) and the bronze plaque outside the front door of the Visitor Center at Bonneville Dam as well as a photograph that shows you (or your GPS receiver, if you are waymarking solo) and the Historic Area sign at the Fish Hatchery.
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Bonneville Dam Historic District (Boundary Increase); Also known as Bonneville Hatchery; Central Hatchery, Oregon; See Also: Bonneville Dam Roughly bounded by Mitchell Creek Bypass, SW District boundary, Union Pacific right-of-way, and Hatchery Service Road, Bonneville, Oregon.
The function of the Bonneville Fish Hatchery is to insure a future population of the superb native food and game fish—salmon and steelhead trout—whose natural spawning paths in the Columbia River have been displaced by the dams.
According to the web site, this is a Chinook (Tule Fall Chinook, URB Fall Chinook, Spring Chinook ) and Coho Salmon hatchery. The architects for the Colonial Revival hatchery building were Claussen & Claussen. Display ponds offer a relaxing place to feed large rainbow trout and view adult white sturgeon measuring more than six feet long. There is a gift shop open during summer months. Interpretive displays inside and out, including a viewing area to watch fall spawning activities. Outside accessible restrooms in two separate locations.
Bonneville Hatchery was constructed in 1909 and was originally funded by the State of Oregon. In 1957 the facility was remodeled and expanded as part of the Columbia River Fisheries Development Program (Mitchell Act). The hatchery underwent another renovation in 1974 as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's mitigation of fish losses from the construction of the John Day Dam. This hatchery provides fish for the ocean and river fisheries and eggs to other programs. Tours are available. Please call ahead: 541.374.8393.
Instructions for logging waymark: a photograph is required that shows you (or your GPS receiver, if you are waymarking solo) and the bronze plaque outside the front door of the Visitor Center at Bonneville Dam as well as a photograph that shows you (or your GPS receiver, if you are waymarking solo) and the Historic Area sign at the Fish Hatchery.