Canyon along the border of Oregon and Washington in the United States
"Columbia Gorge" redirects here. For the Washington-Oregon wine region, see Columbia Gorge AVA. For the riverboat, see Columbia Gorge (sternwheeler).
Columbia River Gorge
Looking east up the Columbia River Gorge from near Multnomah Falls.
Location
Pacific Northwest, United States
Established
1986
Website
www.fs.usda.gov/crgnsa
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the state of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south.[1] Extending roughly from the confluence of the Columbia with the Deschutes River (and the towns of Roosevelt, Washington, and Arlington, Oregon) in the east down to the eastern reaches of the Portland metropolitan area, the water gap furnishes the only navigable route through the Cascades and the only water connection between the Columbia Plateau and the Pacific Ocean. It is thus that the routes of Interstate 84, U.S. Route 30, Washington State Route 14, and railroad tracks on both sides run through the gorge.
A popular recreational destination, the gorge holds federally protected status as the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area and is managed by the Columbia River Gorge Commission and the U.S. Forest Service.
^Staats, David (November 21, 1983). "The Gorge". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. p. A15.
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