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North Bonneville Archeological District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Remnants of the military portage road, 2006
Fort Cascades is located in Washington (state)
Fort Cascades
Nearest cityNorth Bonneville, Washington
Area69.1 acres (28.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.87000498[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 2, 1987

Fort Cascades was a United States Army fort constructed in 1855 to protect the portage road around the final section of the Cascades Rapids, known as the "lower cascades." It was built on the Washington side of the Columbia River, between the present site of North Bonneville and the Bonneville Dam in Skamania County.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

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