The Columbia River . tween The Dalles andPortland. In May, 1915, one of the greatest events inthe history of navigation on the River occurred. Thiswas the completion of the Dalles—Celilo Canal. Thisgreat work, without which the Cascade Canal was quitelimited in its operation, had been in contemplation forhalf a century, and for twenty years prior to its comple-tion had been before the Rivers and Harbors Commit-tees of Congress. Some actual work had been done inrather a desultory fashion, but beginning in 1911, ade-quate appropriations, with skilful engineering by theUnited States Engineers in
The Columbia River . tween The Dalles andPortland. In May, 1915, one of the greatest events inthe history of navigation on the River occurred. Thiswas the completion of the Dalles—Celilo Canal. Thisgreat work, without which the Cascade Canal was quitelimited in its operation, had been in contemplation forhalf a century, and for twenty years prior to its comple-tion had been before the Rivers and Harbors Commit-tees of Congress. Some actual work had been done inrather a desultory fashion, but beginning in 1911, ade-quate appropriations, with skilful engineering by theUnited States Engineers in Portland, made possibleenergetic and continuous work. The Celilo canal is eight and one-half miles in lengthand commands a total descent of eighty-one is overcome by five locks, though almost the entiredescent is accomplished by a tandem lock at the lowerend. By this improvement the Columbia can be navi-gated the year round from the Ocean to Priest Rapids,about four hundred and fifteen miles. The Snake is. Christening the Celilo Ladies from all Snake, Willamette, and Columbia River bv Marshall X. Dana. Fire-Canoes Follow Log-Canoes 247 navigable for light draft boats about eight months inthe year nearly two hundred miles from its mouth orabout five hundred and fifty miles from the next great improvements in view on the Columbiaare canal and locks at three points: Priest Rapids, RockIsland Rapids, and Kettle Falls, together with someminor improvement of channels at other points, bywhich series of operations there will be continuous navi-gation from the Ocean to Revelstoke, B. C, a thousandmiles. The corresponding improvement on the Snake willbe its canalization between the mouth and the junctionwith the Salmon River, by which there may be con-tinuous, all-year navigation from the mouth for twohundred and fifty miles. With these improvements, there will come on a newera of water-way navigation on the River. With it iscoming an e
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