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Title page 238
Relation Columbia River
Date 2005-02-22 to 2005-04-11
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Description of transporting ore from mines near its head to the town of Chelan at the outlet. Lake Chelan is the outstanding feature of the Chelan River watershed. It is fed by streams rising high in the Cascade Mountains. Glaciers, in part, supply the streams of the Horse Shoe Basin, which lies north of the upper end of the lake. Chelan River, extending from the outlet of the lake to the Columbia River, is only 4 miles long. In this distance the river falls about 400 feet. Irrigation.—About 5,900...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,1727

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