Welch Island

Welch Island is an island in Clatsop, Oregon. Welch Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Skamokawa, as well as near the locality Sleepy Hollow.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tenasillahe Island.

Tenasillahe Island

Island

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Tenasillahe Island is an island in the Columbia River Estuary portion of the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon. It is separated from the mainland and the unincorporated community of Clifton, Oregon by the Clifton Channel, and from nearby Welch Island by the Red Slough.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clifton and Brownsmead.

Clifton

Hamlet

Clifton is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. It is located north of U.S. Route 30, about nine miles northwest of Westport on the south bank of the Columbia River. It is on Clifton Channel across from Tenasillahe Island.

Brownsmead

Hamlet

Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.

Brownsmead is an unincorporated community, on a distributary of the Columbia River called Saspal Slough, in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Previously known as Brody, it was named after W.G.

Cathlamet

Village

Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Southwest Washington is a lush, forested region of Washington State. This part of the state is along north bank of the Columbia River, from where it carves a gorge through the Cascade Mountains, past the busy communities opposite of Portland, to its wide mouth at the Pacific Ocean. Cathlamet is situated 5 miles southeast of Welch Island.

Welch Island

Type: Island
Also known as: “Welchs Island”
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.24859° or 46° 14′ 55″ north

Longitude

-123.46933° or 123° 28′ 10″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

84RR6GXJ+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 158278769

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

5759643

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