Explore the Columbia River: its map, rich history from Native Americans to pioneers, impressive length, and facts about its ...

The Columbia River was an energetic, mile-wide, 500-feet-deep fury of white water rapids that carried boulders and cobbles all the way from northeastern Washington to the Pacific Ocean.

The Columbia River Basin, an area roughly the size of Texas, was once the world’s greatest salmon-producing river system, with at least 16 stocks of salmon and steelhead.