Lindsey Creek State Scenic Corridor
Chester H. Armstrong, HISTORY OF THE OREGON STATE PARKS: 1917-1963
Lindsey Creek State Park is located on the south side of Columbia River Highway (Interstate 80N), 14 miles west of the city of Hood River in Hood River County.
The first land in this park was 19.5 acres at a cost of $6,000, transferred to the Parks Division from the Right of Way Division. It was part of a tract purchased from Dan and Ruth Harper on November 17, 1943. Four additional tracts were acquired, one of which was a gift of 4.71 acres from Ruby Wells Mead on September 25, 1951, and the other three, containing a total of 110.8 acres, were transferred to the Parks from the Right of Way Division. The park contained a total of 135.01 acres at the close of 1963.
Preservation of the aesthetic value of that portion of the Columbia River Gorge prompted acquisition of the park land.
The Highway Commission gave to the Corps of Engineers, in February, 1940, the flowage rights of that portion of the park which would be covered by backwater from Bonneville Dam.
The park was named for Lindsey Creek which flows into the Columbia River at the park. McArthur says the stream is reported to have been named for one John Lindsey, who took up a claim near the creek. Lindsey was at one time a fireman on one of the river steamers.
Improvements consist of a small roadside picnic area with tables, stoves, benches, water and sanitary facilities. Overnight camping facilities have not been provided.
Attendance during 1962 totaled 38,628 day visitors. No count was made in 1963.
Armstrong, Chester H. HISTORY OF THE OREGON STATE PARKS: 1917-1963. Oregon State Parks. July 1, 1965. http://npshistory.com/publications/oregon/history/sec5.htm#L . Accessed May 17, 2020.
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