Kalama
Kalama has served as a Columbia River port in southwest Washington since the late 19th century. Set on the river’s north bank at the mouth of the Kalama River, the city developed around rail and water transport when the Columbia was a principal commercial route of the Pacific Northwest. Kalama was founded in 1870 as the original western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad; rail passengers continued south by ferry across the river. Today its waterfront combines a public park, marina facilities and working river traffic, while wooded hills rise behind the opposite shore. Between Portland and Longview, this small community remains closely tied to the lower Columbia’s shipping and transport heritage.
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Kalama is best known within Washington for its early role as a Northern Pacific Railroad terminus on the Columbia River. The town stands where the Kalama River enters the Columbia, on Washington’s shore opposite Oregon, in the lower-river corridor between Portland and Longview. Railroad interests founded Kalama in 1870, and its waterfront became an important transfer point linking rail traffic with river transport. The Port of Kalama continues that connection to the river, while forests and the wide Columbia shoreline define the setting in southwest Washington. Move on to other webcams in Washington to compare landscapes and settings around the lower Columbia River.
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