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 September 26, 2012 at 11:25 a.m.
Updated October 2, 2012 at 2:12 p.m.
