The Columbian | Serving Clark County, Washington
Condit Dam removal
The historic breaching of Condit Dam in the White Salmon River ends more than a dozen years of planning and legal wrangling. The carefully orchestrated blast opened up a PacifiCorp-owned dam that has blocked the river since 1913. It also entirely drained Northwestern Lake, the reservoir behind the dam.
Published October 31, 2011 at 11:42 a.m.
Updated July 23, 2012 at 2:44 p.m.
