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WENATCHEE VALLEY VISITORS GUIDE | SPRING & SUMMER 2022
Entiat
World photo/Don Seabrook The Entiat River meanders through snow-covered banks up the Entiat Valley in a conservation area called Stillwater. The foothills of the Cascades can be seen in the distance.
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ined with orchards and bordered by the Wenatchee-Okanogan National Forest, Entiat sits at the confluence of the Columbia and Entiat rivers. It is located midway between Wenatchee and Lake Chelan on Highway 97A. The small, riverside town offers a host of outdoor recreational activities. Entiat was settled by the Columbia River Chinook Indian Tribe during the 1800s. The tribe named the town “Enteatqua,” which means rapid water — a fitting name for a city nestled between rivers. In 1961, Entiat disappeared underwater, flooded by the backwaters of the new Rocky Reach dam. The town
buried in the mountains, both the Entiat National Fish Hatchery and Silver Falls are worth a visit. Nearby, in the tiny town of Ardenvoir, the Swallow Festival celebrates the return of spring swallows each year on the second Saturday in April. If you have time, make sure to check out Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center on the north side of Entiat. The center includes World photo/Don Seabrook former fire lookouts, an People tour the fire lookout at the Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center in Entiat. interpretive trail and aims to educate the public about was moved to its present-day for the kids, camping for RVs wildland fires. You can also location, but the original site and tents and a boat launch. take a walk down a memorial is still under water. After an afternoon of relaxtrail that honors every fireThese days, Entiat is ation, check out the nearby fighter who has died fighting quaint town with plenty to Entiaqua Trail for a stroll wildfires in North Central do if you love the outdoors. along the rivers. Washington. More info: coEntiat Park has a playground Outside of town and lumbiabreakswildfire.com
