Fort Cascades

Fort Cascades

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.

It was burned in 1856, then rebuilt, but abandoned in 1861. A small community, Cascades, formed around the fort, but the largest flood of the Columbia River in recorded history passed over both the townsite and the fort site in 1894.

Fort Cascades is now on the National Register of Historic Places. There is a self-guided tour through what remains of the fort and the townsite. The trail the tour follows is approximately convert|1.5|mi|km long. There is also a replica of a rock covered with petroglyphs that was originally located at the site but has since been moved to Stevenson, Washington.

Fort Cascades is one of several forts built to protect the portage around the Cascade Rapids. Others are Fort Raines and Fort Lugenbeel.

External links

* [http://www.iinet.com/~englishriver/LewisClarkColumbiaRiver/Regions/Places/fort_cascades.html Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Fort Cascades]


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