Golden Access Cards are available to visitors with disabilities at no cost. The Corps is the nation's second largest federal provider of recreation. More than 11.5 million recreation visits were made to the Corps projects in the Willamette and Rogue basins and along the Columbia River during 1998. The Corps has posted recreational information on the World Wide Web. Columbia River Projects Corps projects on the Columbia River, at Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day dams include popular recreation areas heavily used for boating, water skiing, boardsailing and fishing.
Campsites are available near all the projects.
The Dalles Lock and Dam Through June 13, The Dalles Lock and Dam Visitor Center and tour train at Seufert Park are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays through Sundays. The center and train will extend operations on June 14 to seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Following Labor Day, the center will return to its 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, schedule through Sept. 26. A free tour train departs from the visitor center every 30 minutes beginning April 16. The tour train is one of Oregon's shortest rail systems. A 45-ton switch engine pulls a passenger car originally owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.