Warrendale is an
unincorporated community
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in
Multnomah County, Oregon
Multnomah County is one of the Oregon counties, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland metropolitan area. The stat ...
, United States.
It is located about a mile east of
Dodson and about west of
Bonneville in the
Columbia River Gorge
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to deep, the canyon stretches for over as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the state ...
on
Interstate 84/
U.S. Route 30
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.
It is across the
Columbia River
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from
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The community was the site of an important salmon cannery founded in the 1870s.
History
Warrendale was named for
Frank M. Warren Sr., a prominent
Portland
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*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...
citizen and a pioneer of the
salmon
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canning industry in Oregon.
Warren died in the sinking of the in April 1912.
[
Warrendale post office ran from 1894 to 1942;][ today the community is within the ]Cascade Locks
Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, Hood River County, Oregon, United States. The city got its name from Cascade Locks and Canal, a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U. ...
ZIP code. Warrendale station on the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company line (today owned by Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States after BNSF, ...
) was established in 1916.[
In 1915, the community had two salmon ]canneries
Canning is a method of food preservation in which food is processed and sealed in an airtight container (jars like Mason jars, and steel and tin cans). Canning provides a shelf life that typically ranges from one to five years, although under ...
, a large pulp and paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt, ...
, and a public school, none of which remained by 1990.[ Warrendale students later attended Bonneville Grade School in Dodson, which closed in 1996.][ Frank Warren's cannery used a ]fish wheel
A fish wheel, also known as a salmon wheel, is a device situated in rivers to catch fish which looks and operates like a watermill. However, in addition to paddles, a fish wheel is outfitted with wire baskets designed to catch and carry fish fro ...
upstream at Hamilton Island on the Washington side of the river to harvest salmon, which were transported down the island using a tramway, the remnants of which are still located in Fort Cascades Historic Site.[ The tramway operated until 1930, and fish wheels were outlawed in Washington in 1934.][ Warren also owned a cannery in ]Cathlamet, Washington
Cathlamet is a town located along the Washington State Route 4, Ocean Beach Highway in Wahkiakum County, Washington, Wahkiakum County, Washington (state), Washington, United States, where it is the county seat. The population was 560 at the 2020 ...
.[
In the 1930s, Warrendale was considered as a site for the ]Bonneville Dam
Bonneville Lock and Dam consists of several run-of-the-river dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1. The dam is located east of Portland, Ore ...
, eventually built a few miles upstream at Bonneville.
In February 1996, a series of massive debris flow
Debris flows are geological phenomena in which water-laden masses of soil and fragmented Rock (geology), rock flow down mountainsides, funnel into stream channels, entrain objects in their paths, and form thick, muddy deposits on valley floors. ...
s, resulting from the same severe weather that caused flooding in the Willamette Valley, occurred between Dodson and Warrendale, destroying homes and blocking the railroad and I-84 for several days.
Notable people
Warrendale was the home of Frederick H. Kiser, an early Oregon photographer, who, with his brother Oscar H. Kiser, established Kiser Scenic Photo Studio there in 1903.[ Fred H. Kiser was the official photographer for the ]Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition
The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, commonly also known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and officially known as the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, was a worldwide World's fair, exposition h ...
, and was noted for his images of Crater Lake
Crater Lake ( Klamath: ) is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is a tourist attraction for its deep blue color and water clarity. T ...
and his promotional work for the Great Northern Railway.
See also
*Steamboats of the Columbia River
Many steamboats operated on the Columbia River and tributaries of the Columbia River, its tributaries, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, from about 1850 to 1981. Major tributaries of the Columbia that formed steamboat routes inclu ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Historic image of Warren Cannery at Warrendale
from the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center Photo Archive
Historic image of Warrendale
from the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center Photo Archive
Images of Warrendale
from Flickr
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Unincorporated communities in Multnomah County, Oregon
1894 establishments in Oregon
Populated places established in 1894
Unincorporated communities in Oregon