Ashes Lake

Ashes Lake …

Ashes Lake and nearby Little Ashes Lake are located on the Washington side of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 148. Upstream is Rock Cove and Stevenson. Downstream is North Bonneville, Fort Cascades, and the Bonneville Dam. Across the Columbia is Cascade Locks, Oregon. Fort Lugenbeel, a military blockhouse at the upper end of the Cascade Rapids, was located at Ashes Lake. Lewis and Clark camped on an island (now under the waters of the Bonneville Reservoir) near today’s Ashes Lake.