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Left: Chris and Purdy marry at Crown Point in Columbia Gorge bathed in the glow of a summer sunrise. Christina Brittain officiating. |
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Daisha and Lee, active US Army, return from Iraq on 18-day leave to be married on a brisk, early September morning along rock wall at Vista House in the Columbia Gorge with Christina Brittain of Columbia Gorge Weddings & Celebrations as their wedding planner and officiate.
Jill and Rick marry on a sunny fall morning at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge with Mt Hood as their honored guest. Christina Brittain of Special Moments Weddings helped create ceremony and officiated.
Marry free outdoors at Crown Point before 9:00AM when the building opens. For indoor weddings, the building can be reserved and rented. Get information on fees and availability at www.vistahouse.com
Interested in a private, secluded waterfall wedding? Let us show you the perfect place for intimacy and seclusion in the forest. Just a short walk in along a well-groomed trail. Find out more at Secret Site.
Dreaming of a wedding at Multnomah Falls?
This is a hugely challenging site in the Columbia Gorge to marry because it is the most popular tourist attraction in the entire State of Oregon, and usually crowded. For this reason, a permit is required and a fee will be charged.
Don't despair. There are many beautiful falls in the Gorge where you can marry without a permit or fee, especially if it's a very small wedding.
And marry on a weekday morning to assure the greatest privacy.
A few ideas for delightful outdoor weddings:
Curly Creek Falls in Skamania County is a spectacular free-flowing forest falls in the Gifford Pinchot Forest of Skamania County north of Stevenson, WA
Duncan Creek Falls is a little known, secluded, easily accessed waterfall and creek that is perfect for an intimate wilderness wedding in Skamania County in the Columbia Gorge near the little settlement of Skamania, Washington
Falls Creek Falls in the Gifford Pinchot Forest north of Carson, Washington in Skamania County is more spectacular that Multnomah Falls and much more romantic and private. Marry by the lagoon within easy access of the Trailhead or travel 1.7 miles up the trail to marry beside the magnificent falls.
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OREGON Waterfalls This great density of waterfalls is accessible from a portion of the Historic Columbia River Highway. You can get there from I-84. If you're coming from the west, you can exit at Troutdale (Exit 17), Lewis and Clark State Park (Exit 18), Corbett (Exit 22), Bridal Veil (Exit 28 or Dodson (Exit 35). If you're coming from the east, you can exit at Dodson [Exit 35], Bridal Veil [Exit 28] or Corbett (Exit 22].
Latourell Falls
Fairy Falls
Tanner Creek
and Eagle Creek Area Waterfalls
Wahclella Falls
Wah Gwin Gwin Falls WASHINGTON Waterfalls Most waterfalls are limited to the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge because landslides modify the steepness on the Washington side. The entire region's bedrock material is tilted slightly southward. When it is water saturated, the upper basaltic layers on the north side of the river slide into the Gorge. Thus, waterfalls on the Washington side are fewer and smaller. But mentioned here is a waterfall complemented by 600-foot geologic projection, Beacon Rock adjacent to State Route 14, Washington State's main highway along the Columbia River. To get to the Beacon Rock area from I-84, take Exit 44 Cascade Locks and cross Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia River to Washington State. Take S.R. 14 westward for 7 miles until you are greeted by the impressive Beacon Rock.
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Ideas for Vancouver and SW Washington Weddings
Marry overlooking the crater of Mt. St. Helens with the molten lava rumbling and steaming below
The downtown square in Vancouver Washington under the Glockenspiel bell tower is a romantic place to wed with dinner at the Hilton next door.
Ester Short Park Pavilion in downtown Vancouver Washington
Marry by Ilchee, the tribute to NW native Indians along the waterfront Renaissance Trail in downtown Vancouver Washington
Get married in nature at the expansive Richfield Wildlife Refuge that is home to hundreds of migratory and year-around birds just north of Vancouver, Washington
Marry at the beautifully restored grist mill on Cedar Creek at Woodland, Washington
Marry aboard the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad that runs through the forest to the falls near Amboy, Washington
Ideas for Portland Oregon Weddings
Portland Oregon, Washington Park Rose Gardens are romantic and beautiful
Private afternoon wedding on the deck of Salty's Restaurant on the Columbia River
Feel the mist on your face as you marry on the Belle of the Falls antique riverboat at Oregon City
The Park at Oaks Bottom is a nearby outdoor garden setting that fits casual spur-of-the-moment weddings.
Oregon City Courthouse Square is open, stately, and unique
Oregon City Promenade overlooking Willamette
River Falls
is a refreshing and stimulating wedding site
Ride the elevator and say, "I will marry you" on the Oregon City Promenade.
Want a fast ceremony? Marry in the Portland aerial tram car on the way up the hill to OHSU campus and medical buildings
Wed under the forest canopy as your arbor in Tryon Creek State Park in Portland Oregon. www.oregonstateparks.org/park_144.php
Have a little wedding in the beauty of the 9 acre Leach Botanical Garden that has ornamentals gardens and Northwest native plants. www.leachgarden.org
Wed in Portland's Crystal Springs Rhoddie Garden, which is 7 acres of grounds with rare species and hybrid rhododendrons, azaleas, deciduous and coniferous trees. www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder
Get married at a tiny wedding ceremony in a black cottonwood forest called Whitaker Ponds with wildlife as your guests in Northeast Portland. www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder
Have a tiny, spur-of-the-moment wedding on the 650 acre wildlife wetlands of Jackson Bottoms in Portland, Oregon www.jacksonbottom.org
Hoyt Arboretum is a delightful place for a tiny wedding. 214 acres of hilly terrain with 800 species of trees and shrubs, which includes a huge collection of conifers right inside the city limits of Portland, Oregon www.hoytarboretum.org
Escape the hubbub of the city and marry at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge with a variety of wildlife on the Pacific Flyway
Marry on the banks of the scenic Clackamas River at McIver State Park, just 45 minutes from Portland where you can explore the river, forest and fields.
Ideas for Columbia Gorge Weddings
Bicycle to your wedding in a romantic spot on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington or Oregon
Say "I Do" on the rock face of a vertical climbing wall with the Columbia River below
Marry in the beautifully manicure, colorful flower gardens of Bonneville Dam by the Trout and Sturgeon pools.
Standing atop the Cape Horn Bluff with the Columbia Gorge as your backdrop
Get married and catch a sturgeon or salmon at the same time on a charter fishing expedition on the Columbia River
Cruise and wed aboard a Sternwheeler on the Columbia Gorge
Exchange vows atop Beacon Rock or in Beacon Rock State Park with an awesome view of the top of the Rock and the Gorge in both directions
Vista House on the Oregon side of the Columbia Gorge not far from Portland, Oregon is a breathtaking place to marry
Marry in an old growth forest in Oxbow State Park along the banks of the Sandy River just east of Portland Oregon in the spectacular Columbia Gorge near Gresham, Oregon.
Ideas for Gifford Pinchot Forest weddings
Marry while kayaking the White Salmon River, the Columbia, or the
numerous secluded, wilderness lakes. Or among beaver, heron, and eagles at
Warren, Oregon.
Put the whole wedding party in a white water raft on the wild White Salmon River.
Columbia River Weddings specializes in planning, hosting, and officiating indoor weddings and outdoor garden wedding ceremonies in the Columbia River Gorge, Hood River, Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Camas, and Washougal, Washington. We offer services for renewing vows and positive partings, too.