Recreation and Ideas on things to do

Visitors are asked to plan ahead, by checking agency websites or ReadySetGorge.com before driving out and by considering a couple of “Plan B” recreation activities in case their first choice is too crowded when they arrive.

River Drifters - Friendly, experienced guides with access to WA and OR rivers. 

Wet Planet WhiteWater - We are passionate about creating incredible river experiences. Reserve your trip! 877.390.9445  

Zoller's Outdoor Odysseys - Explore Rafting Trips and plan your adventures. *Check out our new adventure blog. 

Gorge Sailing Ventures -

Our favorite annual Columbia River Gorge Visitor Guide now has a website to complement their outstanding printed materials. Please take a look... https://columbiagorgetomthood.com/central-gorge-washington/

The Book Peddler   I am happy to take requests via phone, text or email and will do my best to meet customers needs. phone: 503 341 7265, jbfitz@gorge.net, website: bookpeddler.net  154 E Jewett Blvd, White Salmon, WA

East Gorge Food Trail - Farm to Fork experiences.  New for 2024 ~ Taste of the Gorge event!
www.eastgorgefoodtrail.com

Hear in the Gorge Tune into our partner podcast for conversations with the Gorge community, short stories, and the next full-episode coming this spring. At a time when it could be easy to feel isolated, it’s amazing how hearing the voices of others can remind you of your connection to this place and to each other.

Confluence Story Collection: Parallel Lives

WATCH:
Confluence Conversations: Parallel Lives Along N’chi-Wana

Bryson Liberty: The Dalles Movie Theater Wouldn’t “Sell to Indians”
Bryson Liberty (Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla) talks about an incident in the Dalles where he and a friend were declined service at a movie theater. 

Bobbie Conner: The Extinguishing of Property Rights
Bobbie Conner (Cayuse/Nez Perce/Umatilla) talks about treaties and their impact on fishing and property rights.  

READ:

Ed Edmo's Poetry

“Parallel Lives” by Ed Edmo and Lani Roberts in Seeing Color: Indigenous Peoples and Racialized Ethnic Minorities in Oregon, University Press of America, 2007.

“Village in Town: The Communities Transformed by The Dalles Dam” in Death of Celilo Falls, by Katrine Barber. University of Washington Press, 2005.

Oregon’s founders sought a ‘white utopia,’ a stain of racism that lives on even as state celebrates its progressivism. Oregonian, June 6, 2020

America’s Statue Wars Are a Family Feud, New York Times, November 16, 2017. Writer Sarah Vowell looks at the debate over historical monuments and describes Maya Lin's Confluence sites as a positive example. 

VIEW:
Gallery: Children of Celilo Village
This gallery features images of children through Celilo Village in daily life, at work and play.