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Monday, March 09, 2009

Bonneville Hatchery - Cascade Locks - Oregon

Inside the same area as Bonneville Dam, lays the Fish Hatchery. When I was little, I remember coming here to feed the trout and visiting Herman, the sturgeon.


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I keep wanting to call him Sherman the sturgeon. Seems to have a better ring to it. But no, he's Herman.


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Sturgeon are part of an ancient group of fish that haven't changed much since they appeared 200 million years ago during the Jurassic era.




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Instead of scales, sturgeon have bony plates called scutes. Whiskers help them feel their way on the bottom where they scavenge for food.


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Female sturgeon do not spawn until they are 20 years old and reach more than 6 feet long. Male sturgeon spawn when they are 12 years old and reach 4 feet in length.


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Various fish pens.

The hatchery was built in 1909 and raises a lot of varieties of salmon -- 8 million Fall Chinook, 1.2 million Coho, 200,000 Summer Steelhead, and 60,000 Winter Steelhead.


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The hatchery doesn't raise rainbow trout, but brought them in to amuse visitors. For 25 cents (It used to be 10 cents when I was a kid.), you can toss fish food to the trout. The money goes back into maintaining the hatchery grounds.


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Notice the shape of the leaves? Duck foot. Another plant I learned the name of at outdoor school.


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And our state flower, the Oregon grape. See the holly-like leaves? The berries taste sort of like blueberries. Maybe a little spicier, not hot spicy, but spice spicy for lack of a better word.


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In the gift shop, I came across "The Cowgirl's Cookbook: Recipes for Your Home on the Range" by Jill Charlotte Stanford. Inside was a recipe for Oregon grape jelly! Mmm.


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And Rocky Mountain oysters. Eek!


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You know how much I like cheesy souvenir socks so I couldn't leave without buying a pair of these "dam" socks. :P


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All Oregon posts can be found in the tag, Series: Oregon. I suggest reading this particular trip in this order:
I-5 From LA to Portland
Mom and Dad's Garden
Burgerville - Portland - Oregon
Hakatamon - Beaverton - Oregon
I Think I'll Go For a Walk Outside Now...
Vista Point - Oregon City
End of Oregon Trail Interpretive Center - Oregon City
Stevens-Crawford Heritage House - Oregon City
Museum of the Oregon Territory - Oregon City
Mom's Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes)
Blackberry Cobbler
Bonneville Lock and Dam - Cascade Locks - Oregon
Bonneville Hatchery - Cascade Locks - Oregon
Multnomah Falls - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon
Horsetail Falls - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon
Wahkeena Falls - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon
Bridal Veil Falls - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon
Historic Columbia River Highway - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon
Latourell Falls - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon
Crown Point Vista House - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon
Banh Cuon Tan Dinh - Portland - Oregon (Closed)
Downtown Portland - Oregon
Lan Su Chinese Garden (Portland Classical Chinese Garden) - Portland - Oregon
Powell's City of Books - Portland - Oregon
Mom's Geoduck, Dynamite-Style and Chao Oc (Vietnamese Rice Porridge with Clams)

How to Prepare Geoduck and Razor Clams
Geoduck, Japanese Dynamite-style
Chao Oc (Vietnamese Rice Porridge with Clams)
Le Bistro Montage - Portland - Oregon
Kenny and Zuke's Delicatessen - Portland - Oregon

Bonneville Hatchery
70543 NE Herman Loop
Cascade Locks, OR 97014
541-374-8393

*****
1 year ago today, Chicken Parmesan redux.
2 years ago today, one of my favorite fruit and vegetable combos - Waldorf Salad.

4 comments:

  1. hi wc - we saw herman the sturgeon too last year! tc also fed the fish...

    the fish hatchery was quite interesting to visit - we also saw the dam that day.

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  2. TS,
    Someone else who has my sense of humor! :P

    CC,
    Yup, Bonneville Dam and Hatchery are usually done together.

    NN,
    I think so too!

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