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At just about every spot where a bridge spans the Columbia today, ferries once plied the river. Between Puget Island and Westport, Ore., one still does.
The Wahkiakum County Ferry is the last on the lower Columbia.
Drive aboard and let the rumble of the ferry’s engine lull you back to the days when ferries were the only way across.
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