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Bonneville Dam is a run-of-the-river dam on the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, built in the 1930s as part of the New Deal. It provides hydroelectric power, river navigation, flood control and fish passage, and is a National Historic Landmark District.
Chief Joseph Dam is a concrete gravity dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Columbia River in Washington, USA. It was named after the Nez Perce chief who spent his last years in exile on the Colville Indian Reservation.
A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, is a structure to help fish migrate around barriers such as dams and waterfalls. Learn about the different types of fishways, their effectiveness, and their history from ancient times to modern innovations.
Learn about the history, features and functions of Lower Granite Dam, a concrete gravity dam on the lower Snake River in Washington. The dam is part of the Columbia River Basin system and has a fish ladder, a navigation lock and a power plant.
Lake Bonneville is a reservoir on the Columbia River in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. It was created in 1937 with the construction of Bonneville Dam. The reservoir stretches between it and The Dalles Dam, upstream. It lies in parts of three counties in Oregon (Multnomah, Hood River, Wasco) and two in Washington (Skamania, Klickitat).
A new fish passage around the Kletzsch Dam has opened up 54 miles of water for fish to swim upstream. The project is one of many to restore Milwaukee's area of concern.
Bonneville is best known as the site of Bonneville Dam. North Bonneville, Washington is across the river. For decades before the dam was built, Bonneville was popular as a picnic spot for people living along the Columbia River between Portland and The Dalles, and the railroad company maintained an "eating house" for travelers there. [2]
The Dalles Dam is a concrete-gravity run-of-the-river dam on the Columbia River, completed in 1957. It submerged Celilo Falls, a cultural and spiritual site for Native Americans, and affected salmon runs in the river.