Wah Gwin Gwin Falls

Wah Gwin Gwin Falls
Wah Gwin Gwin Falls in the summer
Location Hood River County, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates 45°42′43″N 121°33′12″W / 45.71194°N 121.55333°W / 45.71194; -121.55333Coordinates: 45°42′43″N 121°33′12″W / 45.71194°N 121.55333°W / 45.71194; -121.55333
Type Horsetail
Elevation 265 ft (81 m)
Total height 207 ft (63 m)
Number of drops 1
Average width 10 ft (3 m)
Average
flow rate		 35 cu ft/s (0.99 m3/s)

Wah Gwin Gwin Falls, also known as Lullaby Falls, is a waterfall of Phelps Creek located in the property of the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel, in Hood River County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The waterfall is notable for its main drop of 207 feet (63 m) that plunges through steep cascades into the Columbia River, south of the city of Hood River, Oregon.[1]

The waterfall runs next to a terrace built along the edge of the back side of the hotel. The terrace is flanked by a wall built with the same masonry ashlar technique of the entry way of the hotel.[2]

History

The name of the waterfall and the hotel with the same name that once sat on the lot prior to the Columbia Gorge Hotel may have stemmed from a Native American word that means "rushing waters".[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wah Gwin Gwin Falls Hood River County, Oregon". World Waterfall Database. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Stewart, Donna (2014). Ghosthunting Oregon. Clerisy Press. p. 170. ISBN 1578605504.
  3. ↑ Fromhold, Joachim (2013). 2001 Indian Place Names of the West, Part 2: Listings by Nation. Blackfalds, AB: J. Fromhold. p. 453. ISBN 1300389117.
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