8th Finglish trip June 2009 #39 The Winlock Egg was listed as the world's largest egg by Ripley's Believe It or Not! in 1989. The current structure is the fourth reincarnation of the original egg. The first egg was built for a celebration of the opening of the Pacific Highway Bridge over the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon. The idea of an egg came from John G. Lawrence, the manager of the newly formed egg and poultry co-op as a way to represent the growing indust

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #38 Liisa Penner is an Archivist at Clatsop County Historical Society in Astoria, Oregon. The Clatsop County Historical Society is an educational organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of Clatsop County Oregon and the surrounding area. Built in 1904 the former Astoria's City Hall is now home to the Clatsop County Historical Society's regional museum. The bridge across the mouth of the Columbia River from Oregon to Washingto

6th Finglish trip December 2007 #4 John Kallunki, a third generation fisherman on the Columbia River, mainly catches salmon and smelt. His Finnish roots are in Kuusamo and Sievi. His grandfather Arvid with his three brothers and a sister came from Finland to Canada in the early 1900s. Arvid moved from Canada to the USA, first to Michigan and then to Oregon. In its 1,200 mile course to the ocean, the Columbia River flows through four mountain ranges and drains more water to th

4th Finglish trip August 2006 #1 The annual, national event – FinnFest USA was held in 2006 at Naselle, Washington and Astoria, Oregon at the mouth of the Columbia River. The Finnish Folkdancers of Seattle, which has also toured in Finland, performed in authentic Finnish folk costumes. The bridge across the mouth of the Columbia River from Oregon to Washington, or vice–versa, leads over Uniontown, which used to be the Finnish area of Astoria. The haali, the present-day Suomi