The Hell Canyon Massacre was a massacre where thirty four Chinese goldminers were ambushed and murdered in May 1887. In 2005, the area was renamed Chinese Massacre Cove, and a memorial was placed there in 2012 in three languages.
During 1887 in Oregon's Hells Canyon on the Snake River, in what came to be known as the Snake River Massacre, a gang of four to six white men robbed, murdered, and mutilated between 10 and 34 Chinese workers, reportedly for their gold. Three people were brought to trial but none were convicted.
The five acre site was named Chinese Massacre Cove in 2005.
Deep Creek, an account of the massacre written by William Howarth and Anne Matthews under the pen name "Dana Hand", was selected by the Washington Post as one of the best novels of 2010.