Cathlapotle

Plankhouse Project

Refuge Map, Useful Links


Directions to the Plankhouse:

From I-5 take exit 14/Pioneer street west 3.0 Miles to Main street, go right (north) 1.0 miles to the Carty Unit and the refuge sign.

The Plankhouse is over the railroad foot bridge and to your right.

 

NOTE: When you select any of these links you will leave the CPP web site.

Project Partners and Community Supporters

Refuge Map (pdf)

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Friends of the Cathlapotle Plankhouse

Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Portland State University - Department of Anthropology

The Chinook Tribe

Lewis River.com Cathlapotle Pages

Cathlapotle Plankhouse in the Media

Smithsonian Magazine, July 2005: Digs - Board Rooms, by Emily Sohn

Science News for Kids, July 27, 2005: A Plankhouse Past, by Emily Sohn

Academic Links

The Social Organization of Production in Three Protohistoric Lower Columbia River Plank Houses, Ph.D. dissertation by Cameron Smith, June 2004, Simon Fraser University.