Roll on Columbia...

Green Douglas-firs where the waters cut through
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew
Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue
Roll on Columbia, roll on
...Woody Guthrie 1941

Favorite place for us to take visitors is Crown Point, 20 miles east of Portland, which overlooks the Columbia River Gorge. The largest river in the Pacific NW, it originates in the Rocky Mts of British Columbia; is 1243 miles long and empties into the Pacific Ocean about 60 miles west of Portland.

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