Celilo Falls

Celilo Falls was a tribal fishing area on the , just east of the , on what is today the border between the U.S. states of and .
Wikipedia
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Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Cliff
  • Description: Submerged waterfall on the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington. Largest waterfall by flow rate in North America until 1957.
  • Also known as: “Horseshoe Falls”, “Wodospad Celilo”, “ابشار سلیلو”, and “セライロ滝”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge and Wishram station.

Bridge
Photo: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or Celilo Bridge is a single-track railroad bridge opened in 1912 over the in the of the United States. is situated 1,200 feet west of Celilo Falls.

Railway station
Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.
Wishram is a train station in , served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line. The station consists of a platform adjacent to a modern prefabricated building that contains BNSF offices. is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Celilo Falls.

Dwelling
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is about 12 miles east of , just south of U.S. Route 30/Interstate 84, near Fifteenmile Creek. is situated 2 miles southwest of Celilo Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Celilo Village and Wishram.

Village
Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.
, Oregon is an unincorporated Native American community on the in northeastern in the U.S. state of . It is near Lake Celilo, the former site of Celilo Falls; it is just south of the community of , across the Columbia River.

Village
Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 366 at the 2020 census.

Celilo Falls

Latitude
45.64924° or 45° 38′ 57″ north
Longitude
-120.9772° or 120° 58′ 38″ west
Open location code
84QXJ2XF+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 339263504
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cliff
Wiki­data ID
Q2746999
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Celilo Falls” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شلالات سيليلو”
  • Armenian: “Սելիլո (ջրվեժ)”
  • Armenian: “Սելիլո”
  • Chinese: “切利洛瀑布”
  • French: “chutes de Celilo”
  • French: “Chutes de Celilo”
  • German: “Celilo Falls”
  • Japanese: “セリロ滝”
  • Kazakh: “Селило (сарқырама)”
  • Kazakh: “Селило”
  • Persian: “آبشار سلیلو”
  • Polish: “Celilo Falls”
  • Romanian: “Celilo Falls”
  • Russian: “Селило (водопад)”
  • Russian: “Селило”
  • Ukrainian: “Келіло”
  • Ukrainian: “Селіло”
  • Western Frisian: “Celilo Falls”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Wishram Fire Department Station #11 and Celilo Park.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Wishram Wastewater Treatment Plant and BNSF Wishram Terminal.

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Worth a closer look: Portland and Salem.

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