Many houseboats and boathouses are here, as well as boat slips. There is a lot of osprey through here, along with other birds we could hear but could not see as they were deeper in the trees over the dike.Īfter a few corners past Fred’s Marina, there is Sauvie Island Moorage. He looked up at us as we passed by, then returned to feasting. We even saw a bald eagle feeding on a fish during this last trip. There is a lot of wildlife here, from fish jumping to birds chirping. Honestly, you cannot see most of the island past the shoreline, except for a few instances where inlets protrude into the island’s interior. For a while, due to this dike, you cannot see much of what the island offers.
Not too fast, but fast enough to make it feel like we were making progress.Īlong this first section of the channel are a marina, Fred’s Marina, and some houseboats on the left and a large dike on the right protecting Sauvie Island. Johns Bridge and the Linnton area, and the current noticeably began to slow. We round the corner to enter the channel. Then not long after, it was determined to be a metallic streamer wrapped around the conveyor belt, and the current state of the setting sun made it appear as if it was a fire. The guy on the radio was adamant about it being a fire, but there happened to be a worker on the freighter receiving the load, and he could not see anything. This is the same area a few years back, we heard an emergency call over the radio about a fire on a conveyor belt at one of the industrial businesses. On this trip, this is a fairly quiet part of the Willamette River, with only a few boats passing in both directions. Now we have northern Portland on our left and Sauvie Island on our right. We eventually make it to the confluence of the Willamette River and turn up the river otherwise, we’d end up sailing to Astoria. Now while we are still in the Columbia, off the Vancouver Port, we are dwarfed by large container ships, grain barges, and tugs, along with power boats zooming by us. However, we’d have to motor the entire way since the winds are typically not in our favor. This time we wanted to make the trip headed down the channel. Helens south to Coon Island (hereafter known as JJ Collins Memorial Park). A couple of years ago, we traveled the channel from St. This is not the first trip we’ve made along the Multnomah Channel. Once past the bridge, it was time to throttle down and enjoy the cruise, motoring, not sailing. Thankfully this speed was enough, and we made it in about 12 minutes. When I say haul butt, remember this is a sailboat, so hauling butt is about 7knts (8mph), not very fast. I quickly called the bridge operator to inquire how long the bridge would be open, and he stated about 15 minutes. However, upon entering the Columbia River from our marina, we could see the bridge was swung open already.
We were again going to depart from Hayden Island, so we’d be dealing with the Interstate Bridge and the Burlington Railroad Bridge. Then in 1913, the United States Board on Geographic Names (a mouthful) changed it to Multnomah Channel. Then at some point, it became known as Willamette Slough. A nautical surveyor named it Warrior Branch because it met the Columbia River at Warrior Rock. This was also the name used by Lewis and Clark in the 19th century.īefore them was the first European explorer to discover the channel. The original name by its inhabitants, the Chinook People, and the Multnomahs, was Wappato Inlet, and Sauvie Island was Wappato Island. Throughout the channel’s history, it has been adorned with several names. The Multnomah Channel branches off the Willamette River, just up from Willamette’s confluence with the Columbia River, and flows about 22 miles before it joins the Columbia River close to St. The Multnomah Channel flows between Hwy 30 and Sauvie Island, moving northwest of Portland, Or.
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