Columbia River, Oregon
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Columbia River rises east of the Pacific Mountains and is the only one which cuts its way across them to the ocean.
The salmon fisheries of the Columbia are the most valuable in the United States and many million dollars' worth of salmon are taken every year. These fish are of an especially fine variety known as the Chinook or quammat salmon. The shores of the river above and below Astoria are lined with great establishments for curing and canning salmon, and shipping the product to all parts of the world. The fish wheels are not used near the mouth of the river, but near the cascades, where the river is narrow and the rapids force the fish close to the banks, where the wheels take them in enormous quantities. The meshes of the nets catch the fish at the gills and prevent their escape. The number of salmon that ascend the Columbia seems beyond reckoning. They are found by thousands at the great falls of the Snake River, 600 miles from the sea and in Clark's Fork at a still greater distance."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 020 005
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Columbia River, Oregon
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Columbia River rises east of the Pacific Mountains and is the only one which cuts its way across them to the ocean.
The salmon fisheries of the Columbia are the most valuable in the United States and many million dollars' worth of salmon are taken every year. These fish are of an especially fine variety known as the Chinook or quammat salmon. The shores of the river above and below Astoria are lined with great establishments for curing and canning salmon, and shipping the product to all parts of the world. The fish wheels are not used near the mouth of the river, but near the cascades, where the river is narrow and the rapids force the fish close to the banks, where the wheels take them in enormous quantities. The meshes of the nets catch the fish at the gills and prevent their escape. The number of salmon that ascend the Columbia seems beyond reckoning. They are found by thousands at the great falls of the Snake River, 600 miles from the sea and in Clark's Fork at a still greater distance."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 020 005
You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking here.
Want more? You can find more digital resources online.
We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons; however, certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version may apply. To read more about what “no known restrictions” means, please visit the Special Collections & Archives website, or contact staff at the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center for details.