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Wah Gwin Gwin Falls

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The waterfall runs next to a terrace built along the edge of the back side of the hotel. The terrace is flanked by a wall built with the same masonry ashlar technique of the entry way of the hotel.
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The name of the waterfall and the hotel with the same name that once sat on the lot prior to the Columbia Gorge Hotel may have stemmed from a Native American word that means "rushing waters".
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of Phelps Creek located in the property of the historic
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Hood River County
Oregon
Coordinates
45°42′43″N 121°33′12″W / 45.71194°N 121.55333°W / 45.71194; -121.55333
Type
Horsetail
waterfall
Columbia Gorge Hotel
Hood River County
U.S. state
Oregon
Columbia River
Hood River, Oregon
List of waterfalls in Oregon
"Wah Gwin Gwin Falls Hood River County, Oregon"
Ghosthunting Oregon
ISBN
978-1578605507
2001 Indian Place Names of the West, Part 2: Listings by Nation
ISBN
978-1300389118
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Columbia Gorge
Latourell
Bridal Veil
Coopey
Wahkeena

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