Pasco and Kennewick, Washington, united in a celebration on May 4, the chief feature of which was the allegorical wedding of the Snake and Columbia Rivers.
Wallula, Washington, site of the historic Fort Walla Walla, was a celebration center for Walla Walla, Dixie, Freewater and other towns. Survivors of the Steptoe massacre threw the gang plank of the first vessel to arrive of the celebration fleet.
Umatilla County, Oregon, was well represented in the celebration at Umatilla, such towns as Pendleton, Stanfield, Echo, Hermiston and others sending large delegations. The spectacle of the burning and destruction of Fort Umatilla was presented as chief feature of the program.
Maryhill (formerly Columbus), Washington, was reached by the celebration fleet on the morning of May 5 and citizens of Goldendale escorted visitors on a tour of the model roads built in the vicinity under leadership of Mr. Samuel Hill.
The formal dedication of The Dalles-Celilo Canal occurred at a point on the canal known as Big Eddy on the afternoon of May 5. Hon. Joseph N. Teal, chairman of the Oregon Conservation Commission, and a leader in the public movement for the building of the canal, presided.
Nearly all craft in the Portland Harbor joined in the celebration at the metropolis of Oregon which followed an early morning program at Vancouver, Washington.
The Steamer Georgiana was made the flag ship of the celebration fleet, succeeding the Undine, on the remainder of the run from Portland to Astoria and the sea was reached aboard the Government light house tender, Manzanita, thus making it possible for participants to say that they had completed the first uninterrupted journey from tide water to the Inland Empire of Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
