Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park

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Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park
The water feature in October 2020
The water feature in October 2020
LocationVancouver Waterfront Park
Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park is located in Washington (state)
Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park
Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park
Coordinates: 45°37′25″N 122°40′47.5″W / 45.62361°N 122.679861°W / 45.62361; -122.679861Coordinates: 45°37′25″N 122°40′47.5″W / 45.62361°N 122.679861°W / 45.62361; -122.679861

In August 2019,[1] a water feature was installed in Vancouver, Washington's Waterfront Park, in the United States. The City of Vancouver has referred to the installation as the Columbia River Water Feature.[2]

Description and history[]

Described as a "Columbia River interactive art installation", the $3.5 million project was designed by artist . It features a 12-foot (3.7 m) stone and bronze structure called Headwaters (or sometimes the Headwaters Wall)[3] which has a cast bronze bas relief map of the Columbia Basin on the east side. The opposite side has an "engraved stone with a topographical map of the Columbia's origins", down which water falls into a shallow wading pool. According to KOIN, "one-inch-deep 'river' flows 150 feet along a molded riverbed dotted with stacks of granite representing each of the Columbia's tributaries".[4] In September, The Columbian reported on the "unsightly" white deposits left by water.[5] The water feature is maintained by the Vancouver Parks and Recreation Department.[6]

  • Water feature

  • Headwaters and start of "river"

  • East side of Headwaters

  • Inscriptions

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vancouver's waterfront fountain opens to public".
  2. ^ "Vancouver Waterfront Park". City of Vancouver, Washington. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "'Yeah, that Vancouver' marketing campaign starts".
  4. ^ "New water feature makes splash at Vancouver Waterfront". KOIN. August 9, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "White deposits mar water feature at the Waterfront Vancouver".
  6. ^ "Columbia River water feature at Vancouver Waterfront Park opens".
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