Columbia River, Oregon

Title: Columbia River, Oregon
LC Subject: Rivers--Oregon Formations (Geology)
Description: The Columbia River rises east of the Pacific Mountains and is the only one which cuts its way across them to the ocean. The salmon fisheries of the Columbia are the most valuable in the United States and many million dollars' worth of salmon are taken every year. These fish are of an especially fine variety known as the chinook or quammat salmon. The shores of the river above and below Astoria are lined with great establishments for curing and canning salmon, and shipping the product to all parts of the world. The fish wheels are not used near the mouth of the river, but near the cascades, where the river is narrow and the rapids force the fish close to the banks, where the wheels take them in enormous quantities. The meshes of the nets catch the fish at the gills and prevent their escape. The number of salmon that ascend the Columbia seems beyond reckoning. They are found by thousands at the great falls of the Snake River, 600 miles from the sea and in Clark's Fork at a still greater distance.
Work Type: lantern slides
Location: Columbia River >> Clatsop County >> Oregon >> United States
Date: 1900/1940
Identifier: P217:11:05
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of: Set 20 - Rivers of the World
Institution: Oregon State University
Note: Glass is cracked