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Washougal celebrates Columbia River Connector Trail

City’s $1.75 million ‘final link’ trail connects Waterfront Park to Washougal’s Steamboat Landing

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Sen. Ann Rivers, left, talks with Port of Camas-Washougal Commissioner Larry Keister at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the Columbia River Connector Trail on Monday, June 7, 2021. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

During a conversation over coffee in 2017, then-Washougal City Council member Joyce Lindsay told Port of Camas-Washougal Commissioner Larry Keister that the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office had rejected the city of Washougal’s grant application for funds to connect the Washougal Waterfront Park and Trail with Steamboat Landing.

Knowing what the proposed path could mean for Camas and Washougal, Keister and Lindsay decided they simply couldn’t take “no” for an answer, so they came up with a plan.

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