Astoria

Columbia River

The Columbia River winds 1,232 miles from its source at Columbia Lake in southeastern British Columbia, around east-central Washington State and then west/northwest to where it enters the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon. It is the second largest river in the United States (exceeded in volume only by the Mississippi), and the largest river flowing into the Pacific in the western hemisphere. Oregonians are fortunate to have this majestic waterway as a northern border for the last 300 miles of its journey to t