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Wapato Lake near Gaston. Wapato Lake Unit is located about 15 miles (24 km) to the west of the main refuge, near the city of Gaston along Oregon Route 47 in Washington and Yamhill counties. [16] [37] The area was once the site of Wapato Lake, whose soil held an organic-rich peat that sustained a shrub swamp ecosystem.
The West Michigan Tourist Association announced the webcam in a news release Thursday that touted this year's packages and other amenities at the resort. Mission Point is the only resort on the ...
The area was sometimes known as Wapato Lake Bed and Wapato Flat. [1] The lake is located about a half mile east of Gaston at 55 metres (180 ft) elevation. [ 1 ] The lake bed soils contain a layer of organic peat that once supported a wetland community dominated by the wapato plant, Sagittaria latifolia , particularly in the upper marsh areas. [ 2 ]
It was named in 1912 for Manson F. Backus, president of the Lake Chelan Land Company. [2] Manson is located in the north-central portion of the state on the north shore of Lake Chelan, approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the city of Chelan. View of Manson from Wapato Point
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Wapato, Washington, a town named after the plant in the State of Washington in the United States; Wapato, a United States Navy tug in service from 1966 to 1996; Sauvie Island, which was originally called Wapato Island; Wapato Lake, a restored lake in what's now Washington and Yamhill counties
Wapato Plant. The Atfalati IPA: [aˈtɸalati], [1] also known as the Tualatin or Wapato Lake Indians [2] [3] are a tribe of the Kalapuya Native Americans who originally inhabited and continue to steward some 24 villages on the Tualatin Plains in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Oregon; the Atfalati also live in the hills around Forest Grove, along Wapato Lake and the north fork of the ...
Sauvie Island is in the U.S. state of Oregon, originally named as Wapato Island or Wappatoo Island. It is the largest island along the Columbia River , at 24,000 acres (9,712 ha), [ 1 ] and one of the largest river islands in the United States.