Confluence Project

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See Degree Confluence Project for the quest to find the intersections of whole number latitude and longitude.

The Confluence Project is a series of outdoor installations and interpretive artworks located at key points along the Columbia River and its tributaries in the states of Washington and Oregon. Works under way may include both building and landscape designs as well as integrated artwork. The idea behind the Confluence Project is to explore possibilities for a better future.

Artist and architect Maya Lin, the central figure in the Confluence Project, is designing installations that follow the path of the Lewis and Clark Expedition along the Columbia River Basin. Lin is collaborating with landscape architects to restore natural environments, and each artwork will draw text from Lewis and Clark's journals or traditions grounded in Native American cultures.

[edit] Sites

• Cape Disappointment State Park, Ilwaco, Washington [1] (completed)
• Frenchman's Bar Park, Vancouver, Washington
• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, Washington [2] (under construction)
• Sacajawea State Park, Pasco, Washington [3]
• Chief Timothy Park, Clarkston, Washington

[edit] Oregon sites under consideration

• Sandy River Delta
• Celilo Falls

[edit] External links

• Confluence Project

• "A Meeting Of Minds", The Seattle Times, 2005-06-12. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.

• "Maya Lin advances Confluence Project", The Oregonian, 2004-04-01. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.