Fort Raines

Fort Raines (spelled "Rains" on interpretive signs) was a United States Army blockhouse built in October 1855 to protect the portage road around the Cascades Rapids.

It is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River, west of the Bridge of the Gods, at the "middle cascades."

The interpretive sign at the former site states that the post was "damp and lonely."

The only thing to remember Fort Raines was the Memorial Blockhouse that was erected near the original location in 1927.

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