Wallula Gap

Saw the Sammon thick jumping in the river Some dead in the R. and along the Shore.
Joseph Whitehouse

at 4 OClock we set out down the Great Columbia
William Clark

Here the Columbia River turns west and then flows through the gap in the center of the photo. The Walla Walla River comes in from the left.

Large, smooth river with a small gap between two cliffs.

Photo date: October 11, 2008.

Twin Sisters and Wallula Gap

formed a Camp on the lard Side under a high hill nearly opposit to five Lodges of Indians...
-William Clark-

The Corps camped in the bend on the left.

Historic photo of Twin Sisters and the Columbia River before McNary Dam flooded the area.

Photographer unknown. Some modern artifacts have been obscured.

Wallula Gap

the Countrey rises here about 200 feet above The water and is bordered with black rugid rocks
-William Clark-

Sagebrush and large basalt rocks at the top of a steep hill

Photographer date: October 11, 2008.