Celilo Falls (historical)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Celilo_Falls_(historical)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:waterfall
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wyam
gptkbp:coordinates 45.6425°N 121.1356°W
gptkbp:culturalSignificance major salmon fishing site
trading hub for indigenous peoples
gptkbp:dateSubmerged March 10, 1957
gptkbp:destroyedBy flooding from The Dalles Dam
gptkbp:height about 20 feet
gptkbp:historicalSignificance oldest continuously inhabited community in North America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Celilo Falls (historical)
gptkbp:length about 1200 feet
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Columbia_River
gptkb:Oregon
gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:locatedNear gptkb:The_Dalles
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Columbia_River_Gorge
gptkbp:significance Town
Native American fishing
gptkbp:submergedBy gptkb:The_Dalles_Dam
1957
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Chinookan_peoples
gptkb:Klickitat
gptkb:Nez_Perce
gptkb:Sahaptin_peoples
gptkb:Umatilla
gptkb:Walla_Walla
gptkb:Wasco
gptkb:Yakama
Warm Springs
other Columbia Plateau tribes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Columbia_River_Gorge_region
gptkb:Columbia_River_near_The_Dalles,_Oregon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8