Mitchell Point (Oregon)

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Mitchell Point
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Mitchell Point
Location in Oregon
Highest point
Elevation 623 ft (190 m) [1]
Coordinates 45°42′02″N121°36′52″W / 45.700418339°N 121.614416450°W / 45.700418339; -121.614416450 Coordinates: 45°42′02″N121°36′52″W / 45.700418339°N 121.614416450°W / 45.700418339; -121.614416450 [2]
Geography
Location
Parent range Cascades
Topo map USGS Hood River
Mitchell Point as seen from I-84 Mitchell Point, Oregon.jpg
Mitchell Point as seen from I-84

Mitchell Point is a cape in the Columbia River Gorge in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. [3]

Little is known about the man named Mitchell for whom the point was named. [4] He was believed to be a trapper who lived and died in the area. [4] There have been some efforts to rename the point Storm Crest, but they have not been successful. [4]

The now-demolished Mitchell Point Tunnel on the Historic Columbia River Highway was bored through the point, which is a cliff that overhangs the Columbia River. [5] The part of the rock through which the tunnel passed was known to the local Native Americans as Little Storm King, and the larger mountain above that point was known as Great Storm King. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mitchell Point". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  2. ↑ "1124268". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce . Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Mitchell Point". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  4. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 652. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  5. 1 2 Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p.  270. OCLC   4874569.


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