Coopey creek comes out at the west side of Fort Rock. In the early 1900s Angels Rest was called "Fort Rock". In 1939 the City of Portland transferred all of its Columbia Gorge holdings south of the railway to the U.S. He eventually gave the land to the City of Portland, which also owned Multnomah Falls in the 1920s. Coopey, an Englishman, named the summit Eagle Eyrie. ".Devil's Rest sits on land which was once owned by Charles Coopey, for whom Coopey Creek and Coopey Falls are named.
"Points of Interest, Columbia River Highway"]Īccording to the "" website (2014): You now pass between Lone rock and Fort rock, where legendary giants battled in the days of long ago. Further east is Mist Falls and Wahkeena Creek and Falls.Ĭolumbia River Gorge looking upstream, as seen from Tunnel Point.Īngel's Rest was once known as "Fort Rock". On the west of Angel's Rest is Coopey Creek and Falls and on the east is Dalton Creek and Falls. Devils Rest is a Boring Lava cone.Īngels Rest, a Columbia River Basalt flow, looms over the Columbia River while Devils Rest, a Boring Lava cone, sits atop Angels Rest. Īngels Rest (ridge left) and Devils Rest (cone on top), as seen from Tunnel Point, Oregon.Īngels Rest is Columbia River basalt and lies uphill from Dalton Point, Oregon.
Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
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