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The Bonneville Power Administration, in cooperation with the Lewis County PUD, state and federal agencies and Tacoma Power, constructed a downstream anadromous fish collection facility as part of the Cowlitz Falls Project. The fish facility, along with the Cowlitz River Salmon Hatchery's diversion dam below Mayfield Lake, has permitted the ...
The area was once populated by the Cowlitz and Yakama tribes up to 4,600 years ago. [2] The Upper Cowlitz are also known as the Taidnapam. [3] [4] Taidnapam Park was first known as the Kosmos Recreation Site and construction began in the early 1990s. [5] Taidnapam opened in May 1994 and was listed at being 106 acres (43 ha) in size.
Coldwater Lake is a barrier lake on the border of Cowlitz County and Skamania County, Washington in the United States. The lake was created during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, which blocked its natural outlet, Coldwater Creek, with volcanic debris. It is one of several lakes in the area that were created or otherwise enlarged by the ...
Location: Lewis County, Washington, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: Cowlitz River: Primary outflows: Cowlitz River: Catchment area: 1,400 sq mi (3,630 km 2) [2]: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 23.5 mi (37.8 km) [2]: Surface area: 11,830 acres (47.9 km 2) [3]: Max. depth: 360 feet (110 m): Shore length 1: 52 mi (83.7 km) [2]: Surface elevation ...
Ike Kinswa State Park is located on a peninsula bounded by the Cowlitz River and the Tilton River. [2] The lake contains an island with a lighthouse. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, there were many water ski and wake board tournaments held on the lake's Winston Creek arm where the Lake Mayfield Resort is located.
In the late 19th century and into the first part of the 20th century, Kelso was the center for commercial smelt fishing on the Cowlitz River. In 1910, according to the Oregonian Newspaper, 5,000 tons of fish were caught. [8] The Kelso Chamber of Commerce created the slogan in 1956 and became known as the Smelt Capital of the World.
The Tilton River is a tributary of the Cowlitz River, in the U.S. state of Washington. Named for the first territorial surveyor for Washington Territory James Tilton (surveyor) , [ 6 ] it flows for about 29 miles (47 km), entirely within Lewis County .
The Coweeman River is a tributary of the Cowlitz River, in the South West corner of the U.S. state of Washington. Its name comes from the Cowlitz word ko-wee-na, meaning "short one", referring to a short Indian who once lived along the river.