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Priest Rapids Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam; located on the Columbia River, between the Yakima Firing Range and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and bridges Yakima County and Grant County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The dam is 24 miles south of the town of Vantage, and 47 miles northwest of the city of Richland.
Priest Rapids. Coordinates: 46°45′17″N 119°58′20″W. Priest Rapids in 1884. Priest Rapids was a narrow, fast-flowing stretch of the Columbia River, located in the central region of the U.S. state of Washington. It was flooded by the construction of the Priest Rapids Dam in the 1950s. Before the dam's construction, the river dropped 20 ...
Upstream of the Hanford Reach is Priest Rapids Dam and downstream is the McNary Dam, which also impounds the last stretch of the Snake River, the largest tributary of the Columbia. The Hanford Reach includes the still extant Coyote Rapids [1] [2] and supports over forty species of fish including significant numbers of spawning fall chinook ...
The Hanford Reach, the last inland, free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River, is downstream from Priest Rapids Dam and upstream from McNary Dam. Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife ...
Wanapum Dam. / 46.875213; -119.971004. Wanapum Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric project located on the Columbia River downstream (south) from Vantage, Washington where Interstate 90 crosses the Columbia from Grant County into Kittitas County. It is owned by the Grant County Public Utility District.
Wanapum. The Wanapum (also Wanapam) tribe of Native Americans formerly lived along the Columbia River from above Priest Rapids down to the mouth of the Snake River in what is now the US state of Washington. About 60 Wanapum still live near the present day site of Priest Rapids Dam. [1] [verification needed] The name "Wanapum" is from the ...
Priest Rapids Lake. / 46.64306°N 119.90944°W / 46.64306; -119.90944. Priest Rapids Lake is a reservoir on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. It was created in 1959 with the construction of Priest Rapids Dam. The reservoir stretches from there upstream to the Wanapum Dam .
In 1959 the rapids were submerged under Priest Rapids Lake, the reservoir of Priest Rapids Dam. Cabinet Rapids : Located at river mile 448, at the mouth of Moses Coulee , 47°16′17″N 120°5′29″W / 47.27139°N 120.09139°W / 47.27139; -120.09139 ( former Cabinet Rapids