Record Details
pages 282-283
Oregon Digital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Identifier | ORU_WTXT_025el http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,385 |
| Title | pages 282-283 |
| Relation | The Columbia Unveiled |
| Date | 2004-07-19 |
| Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested. |
| Type | page |
| Format | Scanned from originals using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned images saved as 16 bit grayscale tiffs. 97,078 bytes 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - grayscale Omnipage 14 used to OCR 8 bit grayscale tiffs and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit grayscale tiffs edited in Photoshop 6.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 0 - 1.00 - 249, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created. |
| Description | and sung a paean of thanksgiving. Although Symonds calls Box Canon "Whirlpool Rapids," nothing is said about the whirlpools within the gorge and only the comparatively innocent eddy is mentioned. There are no falls, unless the steep descent of Long Rapids can be called such. I have no doubt that both Hell Gate and Box Canon are dangerous for small watercraft when the Columbia is at flood stage, but at low water they are much easier and safer to "tackle" than most of the great rapids,... |
