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Final view of Celilo Falls 1956

9305-B7385-4. Views of Celilo Falls before the permanent innundation. All the equipment and lumber scaffolds used for cable car transport have been stripped from the rocks. October 5, 1956. The channel on the left is between Papoose island (left) and Standing island (to its right, center foreground). The island behind Standing is Chief. Further back on the left is the tip of Big island and the Albert Brothers islands. On the extreme right is Chinook rock and behind it is Horseshoe falls and the Oregon shore.

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Filename: 9305-B7385-4.tif
Copyright: HistoricPhotoArchive.net
Image Size: 8378x5840 / 93.4MB; Celilo Falls Columbia River Native Americans fishing salmon dam 1950s
Contained in galleries: All Photographs, Celilo

9305-B7385-4. Views of Celilo Falls before the permanent innundation. All the equipment and lumber scaffolds used for cable car transport have been stripped from the rocks. October 5, 1956. The channel on the left is between Papoose island (left) and Standing island (to its right, center foreground). The island behind Standing is Chief. Further back on the left is the tip of Big island and the Albert Brothers islands. On the extreme right is Chinook rock and behind it is Horseshoe falls and the Oregon shore.