VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Breaching the Condit Dam has drastically altered the landscape for cabin owners on what used to be Northwestern Lake near White Salmon.
The reservoir is now a muddy canyon, and the White Salmon River is continuing to carve channels through the sediment.
The Columbian reports (http://is.gd/C0S3Ot ) the utility that owns the dam, Portland-base PacifiCorp, is monitoring dozens of cabins. So far, none have been destroyed by the erosion.
A century of sediment is being washed away, following the explosion in October that blew a hole in the 125-foot-high dam. It’s about 65 miles east of Vancouver and three miles upstream from the Columbia River.