Fish wheels a legacy of when Columbia swarmed with salmon

Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 2 p.m.

As the fishery collapsed, canneries on the upper river near Cascade Locks and gillnet fishermen on the lower river near Astoria blamed one another; both were right, but the biggest culprit was Grand Coulee Dam. (Columbia River, early 1900s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1609b.fish-wheels-and-gillnetters-408.html)