P4010188

WA - Frenchman Coulee

Folder: Washington (state)
A spectacular Scabland channel that drops into the Columbia above Vantage, not far from George. It's become a popular rock-climbing area.
Waterfall into Frenchman Coulee.

Waterfall into Frenchman Coulee.

01 Feb 1986 225
With the raising of the water table by the Columbia Basin Project in the mid-20th century, lots of quasi-perennial streams now flow across the basin, and this one finds its way into the coulee.
Frenchman Coulee

Frenchman Coulee

01 Feb 1986 211
Looking out the coulee to the southwest on a bleak winter day. Note my vehicle (outlined); in those days you could drive on the jeep roads in the coulee!
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12-fm_coulee_ig_adj

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Plunge Pool

Plunge Pool

01 May 1986 233
South of the main part of Frenchman Coulee, across the column wall.
Column Wall

Column Wall

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Columnar jointing at the base of a Columbia River Basalt flow exhumed by the Scabland floods.
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Launch Ramp, Frenchman Coulee

Launch Ramp, Frenchman Coulee

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Where the old highway runs into Wanapum Reservoir. Vantage Bridge in the distance. Looking south.
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