Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Search Oregon 2010 Trip Page #2     Back To Index Of Pages       Back To Thumbnail Images   Columbia River Gorge Scenery & Trains #1 Multnomah Falls Columbia River GorgeNational Scenic Area Multnomah Falls Columbia River GorgeNational Scenic Area Columbia River Gorge at Cascade Locks, Oregon. Columbia River Gorge at Cascade Locks, Oregon. "Herman" the remarkable and famous sturgeon at Bonneville Dam Fish Hatchery near Cascade Locks, Oregon. Herman is over 9 feet long, weighs 450 pounds, and is over 70 years old. The sturgeon belongs to a prehistoric family of fishes, the Acipenseridae. It is a cartilaginous fish without a vertebral column. The body is covered with bony plates called scutes rather than scales typical of most other fish. It has 4 tactile barbels in front of its toothless mouth. Canada geese on the Columbia River. Cascade Locks, Oregon. Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) at Cascade Locks, Oregon. Back To Oregon Trip Thumbnail Images Return To WAYNE'S WORD Home Page All text material & images on these pages copyright © W.P. Armstrong