Metlako Falls

Metlako Falls

Location	Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Hood River County, Oregon, USA
Type	Punchbowl
Total height	101 feet
Number of drops	1
Longest drop	101 feet
Total width	20 feet

Metlako Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. It is the furthest downstream of the major waterfalls on Eagle Creek. Like upstream Punch Bowl Falls, Metlako is also in the form of a punchbowl. The falls is 101 feet (31 m) tall, though people have measured it anywhere from 100 feet (30 m) to 150 feet (46 m) tall. It is the upstream limit for salmon spawning in Eagle Creek.

Naming

The waterfall was discovered and named by a committee of Mazamas in 1915 after Metlako, the Indian goddess of salmon, likely because it is the upstream limit for salmon spawning in Eagle Creek.

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Waterfalls of Oregon

Columbia Gorge	(west to east): Latourell Falls Bridal Veil Falls Coopey Falls Wahkeena Falls Fairy Falls Multnomah Falls Horsetail Falls Oneonta Gorge Wahclella Falls Camp Benson Falls Hole-in-the-Wall Falls Celilo Falls Eagle Creek (north to south): Wauna Falls Metlako Falls Lower Punch Bowl Falls Punch Bowl Falls Loowit Falls Skoonichuk Falls Tenas Falls Wy'east Falls Grand Union Falls Tunnel Falls Twister Falls Sevenmile Falls

Other areas	NW Oregon: Youngs River Falls Ki-a-Kuts Falls Willamette Valley: Willamette Falls Silver Falls State Park Shellburg Falls Salt Creek Falls Southern Cascades: Toketee Falls Watson Falls Mill Creek Falls Central Oregon: Benham Falls Dillon Falls Lava Island Falls

Metlako Falls

Naming

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