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The Columbia River Gorge was formed many years ago, in the end of the last ice age. On this website you will learn about the geography, lodging, things to do, history and the economy of the Columbia River Gorge.
"It’s a big river. Water from the 1200-mile long Columbia River constitutes the Western Hemisphere’s largest discharge into the Pacific. Joining the Snake it flows westward through a gorge 100-miles-long and 3,000-feet-deep. Washington and Oregon share this boundary, the now dammed river running deep and placid compared with the wicked mercurial rapid-filled channel Lewis & Clark and Oregon Trail travelers had to navigate. There are dramatic climate changes too."