Celilo Canal in 1910; the Columbia River is visible at left.
Specifications
Maximum boat beam
65 ft 0 in (19.8 m)
Status
inundated by Lake Celilo formed by The Dalles Dam
History
Principal engineer
Army Engineers[1]
Construction began
1905
Date of first use
May 15, 1915
Date closed
1957
Celilo Canal was a canal in Oregon connecting two points of the Columbia River, just east of The Dalles.
In the natural state of the Columbia River, there was an 8-mile (13 km) stretch from The Dalles to Celilo Falls that was impassable upstream and navigable downstream only at high water and at great risk. Celilo Canal was built in the early part of the 1900s to allow steamboat and river-borne traffic to bypass that stretch.
^"Columbia River History—Navigation". Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
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4th Regiment US Army Corps of Engineers, oversaw the completion of the CeliloCanal 1905 Thomas West Hammond Secretary of the general staff for the American...
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