The Cascade Locks Historical Museum is located in one of the three historic locks tender’s houses, built in 1905, in the Cascade Locks Marine Park.
The Historical Museum
The Historical Museum was founded in 1969 and is managed by a member volunteer commission. Cascade Locks takes pride in the presentation of our history, preserved for your enjoyment and that of future generations.
Museum Highlights: River locks, Oregon Pony locomotive, Columbia Gorge Native American History, and regional history.
The Historical Museum also features information, photographs, and artifacts on the history of the Columbia River Gorge, topics including: Historic Waterways and Locks, Native American history in the Gorge, the Cascade Rapids, Railroads, Fishwheels, Sternwheelers and Steamboats on the Columbia River, Cascade Lock’s School history and Much More!
Port Of Cascade Locks is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Port Of Cascade Locks
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Port Of Cascade Locks has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Port Of Cascade Locks regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
