CATHLAMET WEATHER

Cathlamet is a town located along the Ocean Beach Highway in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States, where it is the county seat. The population was 560 at the 2020 census. Wahkiakum County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,422, making it one of the least populous counties in Washington. The county seat and only incorporated town is Cathlamet. In June 1925, Walter Coates begins regular service across the lower Columbia River using twin eight-car diesel ferries. He operates one ferry between the town of Cathlamet and Puget Island, both in Wahkiakum County, and a second ferry between the other side of the island and Westport, Oregon. The two-ferry river crossing is made possible by the opening of a road across the two-and-a-half-mile-wide island. Coates uses an old Buick to shuttle foot passengers from one ferry to the other. Coates sold the ferry service in 1932, fearing that as the highway on the Washington side extended downriver he would lose business to the Astoria ferry. But the two-ferry river crossing at Puget Island continued under other owners until 1939, when the opening of the Puget Island-Cathlamet Bridge (now the Julia Butler Hansen Bridge) eliminated that ferry crossing. By then Elmer Danielsen and his wife owned and operated the Puget Island to Westport ferry. In 1948, the Danielsens built for the run the Alamar, a 14-car ferry that cost $43,700. After the Danielsens ended operations in 1959, Wahkiakum County took over the ferry service, using leased equipment for several years. In 1962, the County commissioned construction of a new ferry, the Wahkiakum. It cost $46,000, featured a navigation system and twin diesel engines providing 300 horsepower, and accommodated 12 cars on its 36-by-75-foot deck. Walter Coates began ferry service across the Columbia River via Puget Island in June 1925. The Wahkiakum has made the one-and-a-half mile run between Puget Island and Westport ever since. Operated by the Wahkiakum County Public Works Department, it operates 365 days a year, making at least 18 runs a day. The Wahkiakum is the last ferry on the lower Columbia Cathlamet, Wasbington Town Of Cathlamet  Wahkiakum County Visitor  Cathlamet Amateur Radio Operators  Wahkiakum County, Washington Wahkiakum County Ferry Wahkiakum Ferry Channel  Puget Island  Puget Island History

Bus Transit: WOTM/Wahkiakum On The Move
Arrival: Puget Island, Washington
Wednesday September 3, 20244    9:08AM

Ferry Departure: Puget Island, Washington
Wednesday September 3, 20244    9:08AM

Ferry Arrival: Westport, Oregon    2 HOUR LAYOVER
Wednesday September 3, 2024    10:37AM

Westport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 321. Westport is connected to Cathlamet, Washington Westport is named after "Captain" John West, a millwright and lumberman who settled in the area in the early 1850s. West was a native of Scotland, emigrated to Canada as a young man where he worked in a sawmill on the St. Lawrence River and then came to Oregon via California during the gold rush of 1849. Westport Clatsop County  Celebrating Black Lives  Westport Amateur Radio Operators  Clatsop County Historical Society Wahkiakum County Ferry Westport Lumber Company  Columbia River

Ferry Departure: Westport, Oregon
Wednesday September 3, 2024    4:37PM

Ferry Arrival: Puget Island, Washington
Wednesday September 3, 2024    4:37PM

Bus Transfer: WOTM/Wahkiakum On The Move
Departure: Hotel Cathlamet, Washington
Thursday September 4, 2024    3:08PM

Bus Transfer: WOTM/Wahkiakum On The Move
Arrive: Kelso, Washington
Thursday September 4, 2024    4:08PM

Departure: Kelso, Washington
Thursday September 4, 2024    7:50PM
Accommodation: Superliner Accessible Bedroom H In Car 1432

Arrival: Seattle (King St. Station), Washington
Thursday September 4, 2024    7:50PM
Accommodation: Superliner Accessible Bedroom H In Car 1432

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