Celilo Falls
Celilo Falls was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge and Wishram station.
Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge or Celilo Bridge is a single-track railroad bridge opened in 1912 over the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge is situated 1,200 feet west of Celilo Falls.
Wishram station
Railway station
Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.
Wishram is a train station in Wishram, Washington, served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line. The station consists of a platform adjacent to a modern prefabricated building that contains BNSF offices. Wishram station is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Celilo Falls.
Fairbanks
Dwelling
Fairbanks is an unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. It is about 12 miles east of The Dalles, just south of U.S. Route 30/Interstate 84, near Fifteenmile Creek. Fairbanks is situated 2 miles southwest of Celilo Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Celilo Village and Wishram.
Celilo Village
Village
Celilo Village, Oregon is an unincorporated Native American community on the Columbia River in northeastern Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is near Lake Celilo, the former site of Celilo Falls; it is just south of the community of Wishram, Washington, across the Columbia River.
Wishram
Village
Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.
Wishram is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 366 at the 2020 census.
Celilo Falls
- Categories: waterfall, fishing area, and landform
- Location: Wasco, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.64924° or 45° 38′ 57″ northLongitude
-120.9772° or 120° 58′ 38″ westOpen location code
84QXJ2XF+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 339263504OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffWikidata ID
Q2746999
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Celilo Falls” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սելիլո (ջրվեժ)”
- Armenian: “Սելիլո”
- Chinese: “切利洛瀑布”
- French: “Celilo Falls”
- French: “chutes de Celilo”
- French: “Chutes de Celilo”
- German: “Celilo Falls”
- Japanese: “セライロ滝”
- Japanese: “セリロ滝”
- Kazakh: “Селило (сарқырама)”
- Kazakh: “Селило”
- Persian: “آبشار سلیلو”
- Persian: “ابشار سلیلو”
- Polish: “Celilo Falls”
- Polish: “Wodospad Celilo”
- Romanian: “Celilo Falls”
- Russian: “Селило (водопад)”
- Russian: “Селило”
- Ukrainian: “Келіло”
- Ukrainian: “Селіло”
- Western Frisian: “Celilo Falls”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wishram Fire Department Station #11 and Celilo Park.
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