- See Degree Confluence Project for the quest to find the intersections of whole number latitude and longitude. The Degree Confluence Project is a World Wide Web -based all-volunteer project which aims to have people visit each of the Integer degree intersections of
The Confluence Project is a series of outdoor installations and interpretive artworks located in public parks along the Columbia River and its tributaries in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. The Columbia River (known as A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Works underway may include both building and landscape designs as well as integrated artwork. The project draws on the region's history, including Native American myths and entries from the Lewis and Clark Expedition journals, to "evoke a landscape and a way of life submerged in time and memory. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States "[1]
Artist and architect Maya Lin, the central figure in the Confluence Project, is designing installations that follow the path of Lewis and Clark through the Columbia River Basin. Maya Ying Lin ( born October 5, 1959) is an American Artist who has become known for her work in Sculpture and Landscape art Lin is collaborating with landscape architects to restore natural environments, and each artwork will draw text from Lewis and Clark's journals or traditions grounded in Native American cultures.
Sites
Washington
- Cape Disappointment State Park, Ilwaco, Washington[2] (completed)
- Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Vancouver, Washington
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, Washington[3] (completed)
- Sacajawea State Park, Pasco, Washington[4] (scheduled for completion in 2009)
- Chief Timothy Park, Clarkston, Washington (scheduled for completion in 2008)
Oregon
- Sandy River Delta (scheduled for completion in 2008)
- Celilo Falls (scheduled for completion in 2009)
References
- ^ Raymond, Camela. Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia River, commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Ilwaco (ɪlˈwɑːkoʊ is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a Wildlife preserve, one of the National Wildlife Refuges operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company in the company's Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U Pasco (ˈpæskoʊ is a city in and the County seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States. Clarkston is a city in Asotin County in the southeastern part of the U The Sandy River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Celilo Falls ( Wyam, meaning "echo of falling water" or "sound of water upon the rocks" in several native languages was a tribal fishing "The Shape of Memory", Portland Monthly, November 2007.
- ^ Cape Disappointment State Park (page 1 of 2)
- ^ Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
- ^ Sacajawea State Park (page 1 of 2)
External links
- "A Meeting Of Minds", The Seattle Times, 2005-06-12. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Retrieved on 2006-09-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece.
- "Maya Lin advances Confluence Project", The Oregonian, 2004-04-01. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Retrieved on 2006-09-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece.
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