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The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall in the northwestern United States, located on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon. The largest waterfall in the Northwest U.S. by volume, it is the seventeenth widest in the world. [ 1 ]
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center (Willamette Falls) is a not-for-profit acute care hospital operated by Providence Health & Services in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Established in 1954 as Doctors' Hospital, the hospital moved to its current location in 1961 and has 143 licensed beds at its 243,000-square-foot (22,600 m 2 ...
The town of Willamette, Oregon was incorporated on October 5, 1908, [1] [2] and is located directly West across the Willamette River from Oregon City, Oregon and upstream from the Willamette Falls. The area was first called Willamette Falls, but later shortened to Willamette. The first mayor of Willamette was James Downey. [1] The town ...
Williams and Wells first used Belle on the Willamette River run between Portland and Oregon City, with passenger fares $2 each way. The boat departed the base at Willamette Falls at 7:30 a.m., was at the Oregon City dock by 8:00 a.m., stopping at Milwaukie at 8:30 a.m., and reached Portland at 9:30 a.m.
Clackamas and other tribes fished on Willamette Falls. The tribe subsisted on fish and root vegetables, and constructed large cedar platforms to dip their nets in over Willamette Falls to harvest salmon. The Clackamas women dried and smoked the salmon, which they then combined with mixtures of berries and nuts, preserving it in woven baskets ...
In the natural condition of the river, Portland was the farthest point on the river where the water was deep enough to allow ocean-going ships. Rapids further upstream at Clackamas were a hazard to navigation, and all river traffic had to portage around Willamette Falls, where Oregon City had been established as the first major town inland from Astoria.
Map of Clackamas County. Clackamas County (/ ˈ k l æ k ə m ə s / CLAK-ə-məss) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.As of the 2020 census, the population was 421,401, making it Oregon's third-most populous county. [1]
Willamette Valley (ecoregion), an area that includes the Willamette Valley and adjacent parts of Washington; Willamette, Oregon, an unincorporated community that is now part of West Linn; Willamette National Forest, a National Forest in western Oregon; Willamette Falls, a natural waterfall on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn