Knappton Cove Heritage Center
Visit this historic site ~ “the Columbia River’s ELLIS ISLAND” ~ to experience history where it happened. Thousands of immigrants, lured to the Pacific Northwest by the salmon and timber industries, passed through a required U.S. Public Health Service inspection at this Port of Entry. View artifacts and learn about the layers of history in the Knappton Cove Heritage Center museum housed in the the old Quarantine Hospital (Pesthouse).
Admission:Free~tax-deductible donations welcome!
Location: 3 miles east from the north side of the Astoria/Megler Bridge in Washington state at Knappton Cove
Hours: Open Summer Saturday afternoons 1-4 PM or by appointment (503-738-5206) Tour groups,school field trips welcome email:thecove@theoregonshore.com
Information
- Knappton Cove Heritage Center
- 501 St. Hwy 401
- Naselle, WA 98638
- Map & Directions on Google
- (503) 738-5206