Knappton Cove Heritage Center
Categories
AttractionArts, Heritage & CultureMuseumNon-Profit
Hours:
Open for Special Events and summer Saturday afternoons 1-4 PM or by appointment.503-738-5206
Driving Directions:
3 miles upriver (east) of the Astoria /Megler Bridge on Hwy 401 . Watch for the heritage marker signs.
About Us
Columbia River Quarantine Station from 1899 to 1938
Visit this historic site ~ 'the Columbia River's ELLIS ISLAND' ~ to experience history where it happened. Thousands of immigrants, lured to the Pacific Northwest by the salmon and timber industries, passed through a required U.S. Public Health Service inspection at this Port of Entry. View artifacts and learn about the layers of history in the Knappton Cove Heritage Center museum housed in the the old Quarantine Hospital (Lazaretto / Pesthouse).
Admission:Free~tax-deductible donations welcome! Tour groups, school field trips welcome.
Highlights
Images
b.jpg "Public Health workers at the turn of the Century.")
