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The Clackamas people once occupied the land that later became Lake Oswego, [7] but diseases transmitted by European explorers and traders killed most of the natives. Before the influx of non-native people via the Oregon Trail, the area between the Willamette River and Tualatin River had a scattering of early pioneer homesteads and farms.
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5.1 Location map templates. 5.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/USA Oregon Lake Oswego. 3 languages.
The lake is a former channel of the Tualatin River, carved in basalt to the Willamette River.Eventually, the river changed course and abandoned the Oswego route. [1] [2]About 13,000 to 15,000 years ago, the ice dam that contained Glacial Lake Missoula ruptured, resulting in the Missoula Floods, which backed the Columbia River up the Willamette River.
Oregon Route 43 is an Oregon state highway that runs between the cities of Oregon City and Portland, mostly along the western flank of the Willamette River.While it is technically known by the Oregon Department of Transportation as the Oswego Highway No. 3 (see Oregon highways and routes), on maps it is referred to by its route number or by the various street names it has been given.
Oregon Route 217 (OR 217), also known as the Beaverton-Tigard Highway No. 144, is a north-south controlled-access state highway in Washington County, Oregon. The route travels along the west suburbs of Portland , starting at US Route 26 (US 26) in Beaverton and ending at Interstate 5 (I-5) in Tigard .
It is the only Oregon state park within a major metropolitan area. [5] The 645-acre (261 ha) park lies between Boones Ferry Road and Terwilliger Boulevard in southwest Portland in Multnomah County and northern Lake Oswego in Clackamas County and is bisected from north to south by Tryon Creek .
It is the third-largest county in Oregon. Lake County ranges in elevation from 4,130 to 8,446 feet (1,259 to 2,574 m). [17] The highest point in Lake County is Crane Mountain. The mountain is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of the California border.