Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park

Water feature in Vancouver, Washington, U.S.

Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park

The water feature in October 2020

Location| 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; -122.679861

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Vancouver's waterfront fountain opens to public". Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
2. ^ "Vancouver Waterfront Park". City of Vancouver, Washington. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
3. ^ "'Yeah, that Vancouver' marketing campaign starts". Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
4. ^ "New water feature makes splash at Vancouver Waterfront". KOIN. August 9, 2019. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
5. ^ "White deposits mar water feature at the Waterfront Vancouver". Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
6. ^ "Columbia River water feature at Vancouver Waterfront Park opens". Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-10-20.

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Public art in Vancouver, Washington

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* Chkalov Transpolar Flight Monument
* Clark County Veterans War Memorial
* Firsts Monument
* Headwaters at Vancouver Waterfront Park
* Monument to the Three Kichis
* The Pioneer Mother Memorial
* Statue of George Vancouver
* Wendy Rose

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