Metlako Falls

This photo was taken back in 2016 prior to the Eagle Creek fire that ravaged the Columbia River Gorge. And before that, this view point decided to slide into the canyon below, taking the view with it. Just a reminder to new take anything for granted, especially in this dynamic ever changing world.

The waterfall was discovered and named by a committee of the Mazamas in 1915 after Metlako, the Indian goddess of salmon, likely because it is the upstream limit for salmon spawning in Eagle Creek.

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