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Image Caption: SALMON LEAPING CASCADES OF EAST CHANNEL, KETTLE FALLS --page break-- usually pair off, and with snout and tail excavate a broad, shallow trench in the bed of the stream in which the female deposits her eggs, which the male covers...
2004-07-26
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of the male changes to various shades of black or red, the sockeye becoming a bright red. The lower jaw of the male elongates until it is projecting, both jaws become hooked, the front teeth get very long and canine-like, sometimes so much so that...
2004-07-26
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Image Caption: INDIAN SPEARING SALMON --page break-- and the canneries for packing them were constantly in evidence all the way to Astoria. These contrivances are varied. While the Indians have adopted some of the white men's methods, the...
2004-07-26
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Image Caption: FISHWHEEL AND VILLAGE OF CASCADE LOCKS --page break-- Where fish-wheels are ineffective because of lack of current, salmon are ensnared in fish-traps. These consist of a rectangular, net-lined enclosure of driven piling, called...
2004-07-26
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almost invariably lodges in the flesh of some unfortunate.
Some of the salmon are, of course, eaten fresh, others are salted down, and still others are smoked, but most of them are preserved by packing in tin cans at packing-houses called...
2004-07-26
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CHAPTER XXIX
FINAL REVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS In exploiting the scenic features of the Columbia River an impression is given to many unfamiliar with it that it abounds with great canons. That is not true, for not even excepting the passageway...
2004-07-26
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poraneous upthrust and erosion alone, but must be due to the fact that the sentinel cliffs now standing erect were harder than other places, were subject only to the wearing effect of the water of the Columbia, and not situated so as to be...
2004-07-26
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It would take volumes to describe more in detail than I have done, everything of interest from the River's feeble birth at Canal Flat to its ship-plowed expanse at its termination. Engrossed as I was in navigating my boat amongst breakers,...
2004-07-26
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day's run for the uncertain purpose of trying them. At The Dalles City there is a reputed fishing place, in the Columbia, just off a point below the city. I spent several hours in a vain attempt to hook something at the point. After reaching...
2004-07-26
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Image Caption: THE VOYAGER EQUIPPED TO DEFY THE RAIN AND THE MUD OF THE TIDE FLATS --page break-- has barely perceptible movement; there is "backwater" which flows up stream, and there are 153 miles of currentless lakes. Also, the frequent...
2004-07-26
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[ Blank page] --page break-- TABLE OF DISTANCES
NAME Miles from Canal Flat Character of Rapids Athalmer 34 Golden 124 Redgrave Canon—Maelstrom 148 Great Kitchen Rapids 151 Medium Beavermouth 155 Surprise Rapids 178 Great Kinbasket...
2004-07-26
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TABLE OF DISTANCES NAME Miles from Canal Flat Charater of Rapids Unnamed Rapids 2 Minor
Unnamed Rapids 4 "
Bishops Rapids 11.5 "
Little Dalles 16 Great
6 Mile Rapids 30 Minor
5 Mile Rapids 31 "
Kettle Falls 41
Grand Rapids 46 Great...
2004-07-26
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TABLE OF DISTANCES
The foregoing table of distances makes the length of the Columbia River to be 1,264 miles, of which 512 miles are in British Columbia and 752 miles are in the United States. The mileage from Castlegar, B. C., to the Pacific...
2004-07-26
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prospect for minerals along the way. He is an experienced voyager, having run the swift waters of Alaska rivers in small crafts.
PASADENA POST, Nov. 29, 1921
Bearing the distinction of being the first and only man to travel the entire length of...
2004-07-26
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A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph with the caption "View on the Columbia River, near Vancouver." Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1226 in the set of "Watkin's Pacific Coast" views of the western states. The view is...
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white stereoscopic view published by C.E. Watkins. The caption reads "Castle Rock, Columbia River". A rocky beach is in the foreground. Across the river deciduous trees line the river, with evergreens behind them and covering the low...
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white stereoscopic view of a man fishing. The man appears to be either Asian or black. He wears a light shirt and dark jacket, both with wide sleeves, medium-light pants, and dark shoes. Half his head is either shaved or balding; the...
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white stereographic photograph. A white man sits at the prow of a wooden rowboat which is pulled partway onto a bank of the Columbia River. He wears a hat with a rounded crown and wide brim, a light shirt and jacket, sturdy pants and...
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white sterographic photograph with the caption "Cape Horn, near Celilo, Columbia River". Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1323 in the set of "Watkin's Pacific Coast" views of the western states. In the center...
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph with the caption "View on the Columbia River, Middle Block House, Cascades". Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1264 in the set of "Watkins' Pacific Coast" views of the western...
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white stereoscopic view. Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1825 in the set of "Watkins' Pacific Coast" views of the western states. The caption of the photograph is "The Passage of the Dalles, Columbia River."...
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white stereoscopic view published by Underwood & Underwood. The caption reads "Stupendous Log-Raft, containing millions of feet - a Camp's years's work, profit $20,000 - Columbia River, Oregon. Copyright 1902 L, Underwood & Underwood."...
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white stereoscopic view published by O.W. Watson Co. of Spokane, Washington. The caption reads "Cape Horn, Columbia River". In the foreground is the river. On the far bank rounded rock columns topped by evergreens dominate the picture....
2004-08-03
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A black-and-white stereoscopic view. The caption reads "10543, Oneata Gorge. Columbia River, Oregon". On the cardboard mounting at the left is printed "James M. Davis, New York City, and St. Louis, Mo." The water of the river runs placidly over...
2004-08-03
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