Wapato Island

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Wapato Island is the historical name for Sauvie Island, a large, agriculturally rich island in the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wapato Island canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aquatic plant ⓘ
historical place name ⓘ
island ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sagittaria latifolia ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Chinookan peoples ⓘ
Multnomah people ⓘ
currentNameOf Wapato Island ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agriculturally rich ⓘ
hasEcosystemType floodplain island ⓘ
hasHistoricalName Wapato Island ⓘ
hasLandUse agriculture ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
historicalNameOf Sauvie Island ⓘ
linked to: sauvie Island
historicalSignificance important indigenous food-gathering area ⓘ
locatedIn Columbia River floodplain ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion Pacific Northwest ⓘ
locatedInRiver Columbia River ⓘ
locatedNear Portland, Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Portland
locatedUpstreamFrom confluence of Willamette River and Columbia River ⓘ
modernName Sauvie Island ⓘ
linked to: sauvie Island
namedFor wapato plant ⓘ
nameLanguage Chinookan languages ⓘ
near Sauvie Island Wildlife Area ⓘ
partOf Multnomah County, Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Multnomah County

lower Columbia River region ⓘ
separatedFrom mainland Oregon by Columbia River channels ⓘ
usedHistoricallyFor indigenous agriculture ⓘ
wetland root harvesting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sauvie Island → hasHistoricalName → Wapato Island ⓘ
subject linked to: sauvie Island
Sauvie Island → hasHistoricalName → Wapato Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Wapato Island
Sauvie Island → currentNameOf → Wapato Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Wapato Island