History

Indigenous Peoples

Early History of the White Salmon ReservationOne of the shortest lived reservations was the White Salmon Reservation, on the north bank of the Columbia River across from Hood River. The Reservation was established to hold the Columbia River I…

Town of White Salmon

White Salmon -- Thumbnail HistoryWhite Salmon, a town of 2,540 residents in Klickitat County, is on the north side of the Columbia River, 65 miles east of Portland, Oregon. The town was named after the nearby White Salmon River, whi

Condit Dam & Northwestern Lake

Condit Hydro Project Under Construction - The History Museum of Hood River CountyThe Condit Dam and hydroelectric project was completed in 1913. The woman standing in the woodstave pipeline gives some sense of scale. The pipeline is just over 14 feet in […]

Condit Dam Construction - The History Museum of Hood River CountyElla May Davidson image of construction of the Condit Dam

Remembering Northwestern LakeOn October 26, 2011, engineers blew a hole in the Condit Dam in Southwest Washington and emptied Northwestern Lake into the lower White Salmon River in order to remove the dam from the river and allow salmon and steelhead to migrate upstream to spawn. Northwestern Lake, the reservoir created upstream from the Condit Dam when ... Read more

Condit Hydroelectric Project - Wikipedia

Removal of the Dam

Post Dam Removal

Removing Condit Dam spurred hopes, but it also begged questions the White Salmon River is slowly answering Removing the 100-year-old Condit Dam in 2011 came with the hope of returning the White Salmon River to its natural state, benefiting tribes, river recreationalists, and salmon. Did it work?

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