Fish wheels a legacy of Columbia's salmon days

Fish wheels a legacy of Columbia's salmon days

If you get out on the Columbia River in the more inland reaches - past the Beacon Rock area - you'll often notice that there are lines of rotting, weatherbeaten posts leading out into the waters. These posts are all that's left of what was once one of Oregon's biggest industries: Salmon canning. Specifically, they are the mortal remains of riverside canneries with their adjacent...