Thursday, July 4

Bonneville Dam and Fish Ladder-OR

Built in 1938 to improve navigation on the Columbia River and provide hydro power to the area. Forty miles from Portland, the Bonneville Dam and fish ladder is considered a national historical site in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge.

Part of a holding tank

A visual of the power of the water

Small Rainbow Trout Pool

This is a fish not a shark. I think he was about 5ft long

Two smaller friends

Viewing tank house

Lovely flower display
 
Nice garden attached to a staff building



1 comment:

Hannah said...

Nice photos. I haven't been to the fish ladder for a while. The fish in the 4th and 5th photos are sturgeon.

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