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Where to See Evidence of the Missoula Floods In the Greater Portland Area

  • Tualatin Historical Society 8700 SW Sweek (for mail send to PO Box 1055) Tualatin United States (map)

Bill Burgel will lead you on a 45 minute long travelogue starting in the Columbia River Gorge and ending south of Tualatin. He will visit the amazing geology produced by the Missoula Floods. Did you know one of the largest scour pits formed by the floods is right here in Portland? And, why Rockwood got its name?

Bill is a graduate of The University Michigan: BS in Engineering. At Idaho State University, he earned MS Degree in Structural Geology.  Bill is a member of the IAFI Lower Columbia Chapter and its Board of Directors..

 ALSO Simultaneous Live ZOOM from THC if you cannot attend the in-person THC meeting yourself.

click here to join zoom meeting Meeting ID: 824 3786 3054 Passcode: 487685

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