Knapp Point
This 30 mile side trip leads out to Caterpillar Island and Knapp Point along the Columbia River.
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The narrow island hugs the mainland shoreline and contains four picnic sites accessible only by boat. The long island is separated from the Shillapoo Wildlife Area by the narrow Fisherman’s Slough. Downstream from the island is Tina Bar were some of the famed skyjacker D. B. Cooper’s money turned up. On the mainland, immediately across from the island is Kadow’s Marina, which had a brief role in the 2008 vampire...
Learn more about Kadow’s Caterpillar IslandAlso known as Knapp Landing is just west of the former community of Knapp that was establish in 1908 around a station along the Northern Pacific Railway. The railroad company named the station after the farm from whom they purchased the property for the right-of-way.
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