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Summer season begins for boating through river locks


The Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River is shown in July. Dam operation on the Snake River is just one wildlife-related issue on which judges in the West disagree with the Bush administration. 
 (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
The Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River is shown in July. Dam operation on the Snake River is just one wildlife-related issue on which judges in the West disagree with the Bush administration. (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

BOATING -- The summer schedule for recreational boaters using navigation locks to travel past U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers begins Sunday.

Lockage outside the scheduled times will be considered for flotillas or other organized events sponsored by yacht clubs, marinas and other groups, provided 24-hour advance arrangements are made with the appropriate location. 

Check information for each dam on the  Walla Walla District’s recreational vessel schedule.

The Corps also has a useful brochure, "How To Lock Through." 

Following are phone numbers for operators at each dam.

 

Call to Schedule Special Lockages

Dam

Phone Number

McNary

(541) 922-2231

Ice Harbor

(509) 543-3231

Lower Monumental

(509) 282-3218

Little Goose

(509) 399-2233 ext. 231

Lower Granite

(509) 843-1493 ext. 231

Bonneville

(541) 374-8323

The Dalles

(541) 298-4007

John Day

(541) 298-9712



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