List of places in North America named Dalles

Dalles is the plural form of the French dalle, usually translated as a flagstone or paving-stone but with other meanings, including a drain-gutter on the bridge of a ship. In the combination dalles des morts it usually means a gravestone. In voyageur French, it came to mean a rapids or narrows on a river. Its most famous application is for The Dalles, Oregon, which is at the site of the former Grandes Dalles de la Columbia, but there are many locations in North America that are named a "dalles":

Placename County
or Region		 State/Province Type USGS Quad
or NTS topo		 Latitude Longitude Comments
Côte des DallesQCroad feature47.796ºN72.852ºW
Côte des DallesQCCape46.413ºN61.418ºW
Coulée des DallesQCvalley49.221ºN72.852ºW
Dalles BridgeSkagitWABridge48.525ºN121.772ºWOver Skagit River near Concrete, Washington
Dalles CampgroundGraniteMTLocale47.796ºN72.852ºW
Dalles CreekONRiver45.970ºN80.889ºW
Dalles CreekMenomineeWIStream45.023ºN88.665ºW
Dalles CreekGraniteMTStream46.557ºN113.712ºW
The Dalles DamKlickitatWADam45.628ºN121.138ºW
Dalles de la ChicotteQCIsland49.233ºN63.033ºW
Dalles des MortsColumbia CountryBCRapids (historical)51.5ºN118.5ºW
Dalles LakesPierceWALake47.083ºN121.545ºWhead of Lightning Creek trib. of White River above Dalles Campground.
Dalles of the St. Croix RiverPolkWIPark45.398ºN92.651ºW
DallesportKlickitatWAPopulated Place45.617ºN121.180ºW
Dalles RanchAlbanyWYLocale41.364ºN105.934ºW
Dalles RapidsONRapids45.970ºN80.879ºW
Dalles RidgePierceWARidge47.047ºN121.511ºW
Dalles Ridge TrailPierceWATrail47.032ºN121.494ºW
Fort DallesWascoORMilitary (historical)45.600ºN121.184ºW
Lake O' the DallesPolkWILake45.393ºN92.653ºW
Les DallesQCChannel46.358ºN74.168ºW
Les DallesQCFalls46.200ºN73.585ºW
Les DallesQCUnincorporated area45.988ºN73.527ºW
Little DallesStevensWAGap & Rapids48.872ºN117.869ºW
Little Dalles CanyonColumbia CountryBCValley51.050ºN118.183ºWaka Revelstoke Canyon, site of Revelstoke Dam
Little Dalles, Washington (historical)StevensWAPopulated place48.854ºN117.870ºW
Northdalles StationKlickitatWALake45.610ºN121.180ºW
Parc régional des Chutes-Monte-à-Peine-et-des-DallesQCPark46.200ºN73.567ºW
Pont des DallesQCRoad feature46.019ºN73.438ºW
Pont des DallesQCRoad feature45.988ºN73.509ºW
Port of the DallesWascoORLocale45.604ºN121.180ºW
Réserve indienne The DallesKenoraONIndian reserve49.883ºN94.533ºW
Saint Croix DallesPolkWIValley45.399ºN92.650ºW
The DallesKenoraONChannel49.901ºN94.550ºW
The DallesPierceWACliff47.052ºN121.571ºW
The DallesMenomineeWIRapids45.025ºN88.666ºW
The DallesWascoORCity45.595ºN121.179ºW
Port of the DallesWascoORLocale45.604ºN121.180ºW
The Dalles Indian ReserveKenoraONIndian reserve49.883ºN94.533ºW
Saint Croix DallesPolkWIValley45.399ºN92.650ºW
The DallesKenoraONChannel49.901ºN94.550ºW
The Dalles BridgeKlickitatWA/ORBridge45.611ºN121.141ºW
The Dalles CampgroundPierceWALocale47.104ºN121.578ºW
The Dalles City WaterworksHood RiverORLocale45.408ºN121.519ºW
The Dalles DamKlickitatWALocale45.612ºN121.135ºW
The Dalles General HospitalWascoORHospital45.587ºN121.165ºW
The Dalles High SchoolWascoORSchool45.596ºN121.189ºW
The Dalles (historical)KlickitatWAFalls45.606ºN121.165ºW"Les Grandes Dalles de la Columbia" falls location
The Dalles (historical)KlickitatWARapids45.629ºN121.114ºW"Les Grandes Dalles de la Columbia" rapids location
The Dalles Junior High SchoolWascoORSchool45.592ºN121.176ºW
The Dalles Municipal AirportWascoORAirport45.618ºN121.173ºW
The Dalles Post OfficeWascoORPost office45.595ºN121.179ºW
The Dalles Recreation AreaPierceWALocale47.070ºN121.580ºW
The Dalles SubstationWascoORLocale45.612ºN121.215ºW
The Little DallesKenoraONChannel49.870ºN94.567ºW

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