70741 NE Sturgeon Lane Cascade Locks, OR , 97014-6664 Phone: (541) 374-8447 Website Spruce Gifts & Provisions is located within the Bonneville Fish Hatchery. The Hatchery is Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s largest hatchery facility and has a diverse fish production program. It is used for adult collection, egg incubation and rearing of Tule fall Chinook, and adult collection and spawning of coho salmon. It is also used for rearing of, summer steelhead, winter steelhead and coho (coho egg incubation occurs at Cascade Hatchery). The hatchery has excellent egg and fingerling quarantine facilities that are often used to assist other hatchery programs in the basin. Make sure you see Herman the Sturgeon. He is located in the Sturgeon Viewing Center building about 500 feet east of the gift shop. Herman is approximately 10’ long, 500 pounds and over 45 years old.
Hours of operation: Monday through Sunday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Pennybandz and the Penny Adventure book are for sale in the gift shop.
Plenty of free parking.
Admission: Free admission for all ages.
Although you take the same exit off of I-84 (Exit 40), this is a completely different location than the Bonneville Lock and Dam - Bradford Island Visitor Center.
Machine 1 is located inside the gift shop building to the left of the entrance. Cost to press: 51¢ for each design. Designs all have a beaded border:
1. (H) Trout life cycle with 'Bonneville Fish Hatchery'.
2. (H) Caricature of the sturgeon named Herman wearing a shirt with 'Herman the Sturgeon'.
3. (H) A sturgeon with 'Bonneville Fish Hatchery'.
4. (H) A rainbow trout with 'Bonneville Fish Hatchery'.
G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: 45°38'01.4" N Longitude: 121°57'23.4" W
Google Maps coordinates: J2MV+G9 Cascade Locks, Oregon
July 11, 2024.The penny machine is rolling well centered excellent images on 95% copper pre-1982 pennies. MWHTH |