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The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: Wimahl or Wimal; Sahaptin: ... The Hudson's Bay Company tried to establish settlements north of the river, but nearly all the ...
Celilo Falls (/ s ə ˈ l aɪ l oʊ /; [1] called Wyam, meaning "echo of falling water" or "sound of water upon the rocks," in several native languages) was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.
Agitation in favor of self-government developed in the regions of the Oregon Territory north of the Columbia River in 1851–1852. [3] A group of prominent settlers from the Cowlitz and Puget Sound regions met on November 25, 1852, at the "Monticello Convention" in present-day Longview, to draft a petition to the United States Congress calling for a separate territory north of the Columbia River.
The Biden Administration announced an agreement to pause a lawsuit over Columbia River salmon for up to 10 years and spells out steps for tearing down the four Lower Snake River dams.
Built at the entrance of the Columbia River in 1811, Fort Astoria was the first American-owned settlement on the Pacific coast of North America. The inhabitants of the fort differed greatly in background and position, and were structured into a corporate hierarchy.
The Columbia River Treaty is a 1961 agreement between Canada and the United States on the development ... many people thought that the settlement prices from BC ...
The book's arrival comes as the United States and Canada are renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty, a 60-year-old agreement that guides management of the river and its hydroelectric dams.
Champoeg, a settlement in the Willamette Valley becomes the American capital of Oregon Country, which Washington was a part of at the time. Hudson's Bay Company moves their Columbia District headquarters to Fort Victoria in the present day British Columbia city of the same name. Oregon City becomes the American capital of Oregon Country.