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The Dalles (/ ˈ d æ l z / ⓘ) DALZ; formally the City of The Dalles and also called Dalles City, is an inland port and the largest city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,010 at the 2020 census , and it is the largest city in Oregon along the Columbia River outside the Portland Metropolitan Area .
Trevitt's Addition Historic District is a neighborhood, primarily residential in character, located in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. Victor Trevitt platted the first expansion of the original 1855 "Dalles City" townsite in 1860, and continued to extend his addition in response to economic developments.
Deschutes River is one of 28 state parks in Oregon with year-round campgrounds although water is turned off during the winter. There are 34 campsites suitable for recreational vehicles, with electricity and water available. An additional 25 primitive sites with drinking water and facilities nearby are available. [3]
The first official use of the name "Little Dalles" appears to come from the 1881 report of Lieutenant Symons, although it is likely the name was informally used long before. [15] In an 1893 report Symons described the Little Dalles at low-water as "placid", but at high-water as "a seething, whirling torrent, impelled forward by a 16-foot head".
The Dalles Lock and Dam is a concrete-gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River, two miles (3.2 km) east of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, United States. [2] It joins Wasco County, Oregon , with Klickitat County, Washington , 192 miles (309 km) upriver from the mouth of the Columbia near Astoria, Oregon .
Wasco County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,213. [1] Its county seat is The Dalles. [2] The county is named for a local tribe of Native Americans, the Wasco, a Chinook tribe who live on the south side of the Columbia River.
The department, as currently operating, was formed by a vote of the people which consolidated the City of The Dalles Fire Department with the Wasco Rural Fire Protection District effective July 1, 1995. The name Wasco Rural Fire Protection district was kept until May 16, 1996 when it was changed to the current name.
The Dalles, Oregon, a city in the U.S. The Dalles Dam; Fort Dalles; The Dalles High School; The Dalles Municipal Airport, or Columbia Gorge Regional Airport; Dalles Formation, a geologic formation; Dalles of the St. Croix River, in Minnesota and Wisconsin, U.S. Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation, also known as the Dalles First Nation, an Ojibway ...