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The Cowlitz River has three major hydroelectric dams, with several small-scale hydropower and sediment retention structures within the Cowlitz Basin. The Cowlitz Falls Project is a 70 megawatt hydroelectric dam built in the early 1990s and completed in 1994.
Dec. 30—The Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board (LCFRB) is partnering with Tacoma Power to fund recovery of salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act in the upper Cowlitz and ...
In 1905 Chester was owned by the Kellogg Transportation Company and was running on the Cowlitz River between the towns of Castle Rock and Toledo, Washington. [13] At Castle Rock, Chester made a connection with the larger sternwheeler Northwest running out of Portland. [13] Toledo was the head of navigation on the Cowlitz River. [13]
The Cowlitz River flows into the Columbia River at a point 68 miles from the Columbia's mouth, [1] in southwestern Washington, United States. Pomona on Cowlitz River, 1925. The head of navigation, Cowlitz Landing, was about 35 east of the meeting of the Clackamas with the Columbia. Early steamboat operations on the Cowlitz were haphazard from ...
Stern-wheel steamers Service (center), Cowlitz (center), and Nestor (right), tied up at a dock, probably at Rainier, Oregon, some time between 1917 and 1929. Nestor handled most of the towing business on the Cowlitz river from 1902 to the 1920s. [6] The company added the shallow-draft sternwheeler Cowlitz in 1917. [6]
The Elochoman River's headwater's start from Elochoman Lake, in Cowlitz County, [3] from which it flows west for several miles. Joined by the tributary East Fork [5] and North Fork, [6] the main river turns south. After a few miles, the West Fork tributary joins. [7] From there the main Elochoman River flows south and southwest.
Northwest made its first trip on the Cowlitz River just before Christmas 1889. [2] According to one history, from 1889 to 1895 Northwest was operated on the Cowlitz River under Captains Orrin Kellogg and his uncle, Edward Kellogg. [4] A typical round-trip fare from Toledo to Portland cost $2.50. [5] Freight was shipped at $3.00 per ton. [5]
Riffe Lake is a long reservoir on the Cowlitz River in the U.S. state of Washington. The 23.5 mi (38 km) lake was created by the construction of Mossyrock Dam , the tallest dam in the state, [ 4 ] in 1968 by Tacoma City Light (now Tacoma Power ).