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Roughly bounded by the Willamette River, [e] NW Everett Street, NW/SW 3rd Avenue, and SW Oak Street 45°31′23″N 122°40′18″W / 45.523111°N 122.671569°W / 45.523111; -122.671569 ( Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic
Southwest Portland is one of the sextants of Portland, Oregon. Downtown Portland lies in the Southwest section between the I-405 freeway loop and the Willamette River, centered on Pioneer Courthouse Square ("Portland's living room"). Downtown and many other parts of inner Portland have compact square blocks (200 ft [60 m] on a side) and narrow ...
The trails on the north side joined the trail from Three Island Crossing about 17 miles (27 km) west of Glenns Ferry on the north side of the Snake River. [32] (For map of North Side Alternate see: [33]) Goodale's Cutoff, established in 1862 on the north side of the Snake River, formed a spur of the Oregon Trail. This cutoff had been used as a ...
Map of Portland, Oregon's five sections, prior to the creation of South Portland in 2020. Portland, Oregon is divided into six sections: North Portland, Northeast Portland, Northwest Portland, South Portland, Southeast Portland, and Southwest Portland. There are 95 officially recognized neighborhoods, each of which is represented by a volunteer ...
South Portland is a sextant of Portland, Oregon and the complement to North Portland, a group of contiguous neighborhoods delimited by geographical boundaries. The region is bounded on the east by the Willamette River and on the west by Southwest Naito Parkway , Southwest View Point Terrace, and Tryon Creek State Natural Area .
The lack of roads connecting the upper valley to the Willamette River quickly became a hindrance to early settlers. In 1850, the Oregon Territory created the Portland & Valley Plank Road Company to build a road through the Tualatin Hills connecting Portland with Beaverton. The road was completed in 1860 after financial setbacks.
South Portland is a long, narrow neighborhood just south of Downtown Portland, Oregon, hemmed in between the Willamette River and the West Hills. It stretches from I-405 and the Marquam Bridge on the north, to SW Canby St. and the Sellwood Bridge in the south. The Willamette forms the eastern boundary, and SW Barbur Blvd. most of the western ...
Fanno Creek is a 15-mile (24 km) tributary of the Tualatin River in the U.S. state of Oregon. [3] Part of the drainage basin of the Columbia River, its watershed covers about 32 square miles (83 km 2) in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties, including about 7 square miles (18 km 2) within the Portland city limits.