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Cascadia Cave is nearby. The cave is an 8,000-year-old American Indian petroglyph site considered to have the largest concentration of rock engravings in western Oregon. [3] Willamette Valley settlers developed a bypass at the park site for horse-drawn wagons. Old wagon ruts are still visible near where Soda Creek meets the South Santiam River. [2]
The bay from above. Sunset Bay State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon.Administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, it is about 0.4 miles (0.6 km) south of Cape Arago Lighthouse and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) outside the town of Charleston on Coos Bay.
Cascadia subduction zone, Vancouver Island. In 1996, a team of researchers linked the orphaned 1700 tsunami in Japan with a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami in North America in a Trans-Pacific reunion. [7]: 94–95 [8] [9] Scientists "dated the earthquake to the evening of January 26, 1700" and approximated its size as magnitude 9.
A magnitude-9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia fault and the resulting tsunami would kill an estimated 14,000 people in Oregon and Washington, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Tehaleh, formerly known as Cascadia, is a master-planned unincorporated community to the south of Bonney Lake in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Construction began in 2005 with an estimated timeline for completion of 20 years. [1] The town was designed by Patrick Kuo, who had purchased the land in 1991. [2]
The U.S. is home to some of the world’s best ski towns. Whether you're an experienced skier or simply wanting to soak in mountain views, these destinations offer it all.
The Cascadia bioregion. The area from Vancouver, B.C. down to Portland, Oregon has been termed the Cascadia Megaregion, a megaregion defined by the U.S. and Canadian governments, especially along the 'Cascadia Corridor'. Megaregions are defined as areas where "boundaries begin to blur, creating a new scale of geography now known as the megaregion.
Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area is a state park in Pacific City, Oregon, United States.Cape Kiwanda is on the Three Capes Scenic Route, which includes Cape Meares and Cape Lookout.