Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park

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]

The water feature in October 2020

Description and history

Described as a "Columbia River interactive art installation", the $3.5 million project was designed by artist Larry Kirkland. 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. https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/aug/09/vancouvers-waterfront-fountain-opens-to-public/
  2. "Vancouver Waterfront Park". City of Vancouver, Washington. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  3. https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/jun/06/yeah-that-vancouver-marketing-campaign-starts/
  4. "New water feature makes splash at Vancouver Waterfront". KOIN. August 9, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  5. https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/sep/09/white-deposits-mar-water-feature-at-the-waterfront-vancouver/
  6. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/columbia-river-water-feature-at-vancouver-waterfront-park-opens/

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