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Skamokawa Center on the Lower Columbia River in historic Skamokawa ("ska-MOK-away"), Washington, is a place of incredible natural beauty just 90 minutes from Portland. With wildlife in native habitats, islands to explore, ancient Sitka spruce swamp, and hidden places of perfect solitude, it is a world that remains much as Lewis and Clark saw it 200 years ago.

Skamokawa Center is the premier location for access to the Lewis and Clark Water Trail and has the best kayaking on the Lower Columbia River. We offer Columbia River tours, kayak and canoe rentals, a variety of lodging options, and a very popular Elderhostel program.

Skamokawa Center is located where two great national wildlife refuges come together: the 35,000 acres of islands of the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge, and the 5,000-acre White-tailed Deer Wildlife Refuge. It's an outstanding area for birding, by kayak or on foot. Pilings mark places along the wild shoreline where canneries, lumber mills, and whole towns once thrived. Skamokawa Country resonates with the history and pre-history of the Lower Columbia.

To reserve kayaks or lodging, please call 888 920-2777 or email info@skamokawakayak.com

  

 

“Skamokawa Center is the best single spot to access the Lewis and Clark Trail to relive experiences of that epic journey. It is the logical base of interpretive activities for the science, history, and literature of the end of the trail.”

David Nicandri, Director of the Washington State Historical Society
and Coordinator of Bicentennial Planning for Washington

 


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  1391 W. State Rt. 4, Skamokawa, WA 98647 • 888-920-2777 • info@skamokawakayak.com