Written by John Harrison

Interactive content: Google maps of shipwrecks, bridges, waterfalls, and fish passage at dams

IntroductionChronology
AluminumAnadromous fishArrow LakesAstoriaB.C. HydroBeacon RockBeaversBlackout of 1996Bonneville Power Administration, electricityBonneville Power Administration, historyBoundary Waters TreatyBridgesBritish ColumbiaBull troutCanal FlatsCanneriesCapacityCascade LocksCelilo FallsCeremony of TearsClimate and climate changeCoastal defenseColumbia Basin ProjectColumbia LakeColumbia PlateauColumbia River: Description, Creation, and DiscoveryColumbia River GorgeColumbia River HighwayColumbia River Interstate CompactColumbia River Inter-Tribal Fish CommissionColumbia River TreatyColumbia River True HeadwatersColumbia WetlandsCommercial fishingComprehensive Review of the Northwest Energy SystemDams and power plantsDams: history and purposeDams: impacts on salmon and steelheadDirect-service industriesDouglas, DavidDry FallsEndangered Species ActEnergyEnergy crisis of 2000/2001Energy deregulation		Energy efficiencyEpidemicsEthnic groupsExtinctionFirst humansFirst-salmon ceremonyFish and wildlife planningFish passage at damsFish transportationFloods and flood controlFort ClatsopFort ColvilleFort VancouverFur tradeGoldGray, RobertGrand Coulee Dam: Impacts on fishGrand Coulee Dam: History and purposeHabitatHanford Nuclear ReservationHanford ReachHatcheriesHells CanyonHudsons Bay CompanyHydropowerHydro-Thermal Power ProgramIndian fishingIndian treatiesIndian tribesInternational Joint CommissionIntertieIrrigationJefferson, ThomasJune hogsKettle FallsLake RooseveltLampreyLewis and ClarkLighthousesLivestockLoggingLower Columbia River Fishery Development ProgramLower Snake River Compensation PlanMarmes Rock ShelterMaryhillMcLoughlin, Dr. JohnMegawattMemaloose IslandMissions and missionariesMitchell ActNavigationNorthwest Power ActNorthwest Power PoolOregon TrailOuriganPacific Northwest Coordination AgreementPacific Northwest Public Power Preference ActPacific Salmon TreatyPalliser expeditionRailroadsRecreationRowing the undammed ColumbiaRural electrificationRussian-American CompanySalmon and steelheadSalmon scamSandy RiverShadShan, HwuiShipwrecksSnake RiverSpokane RiverSport fishingSteamboatsSturgeonThompson, DavidTransmissionTreaty of GhentTreaty of OregonTrilateral Pacific Salmon TreatyUpper Columbia United TribesU.S. Army Corps of EngineersU.S. v. OregonVancouver, GeorgeVernita Bar AgreementVisionariesWaterfallsWillamette RiverWind powerWPPSSYakima River
BibliographyAcknowledgements

arrow lake
Arrow Lake

Seufert Brothers cannery
Seufert Brothers cannery

Yakima River at sunset
Yakima River at sunset

Cascade Locks
Cascade Locks