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The Willamette Escarpment is an escarpment that runs along the east bank of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States.The escarpment comprises two distinct sections: a 200-acre (81 ha) North Escarpment Unit, which extends from the Fremont Bridge northwest to the St. Johns Bridge, and a 75-acre (30 ha) South Escarpment Unit, which extends from the Sellwood Bridge north to the Ross ...
BARK is an Oregon, United States, non-profit organization that was created to combat logging, clear-cutting, deforestation and projects members say cause "commercial destruction" [1] in Oregon forests, specifically those of the Mt. Hood National Forest.
The re-christened Arago sank at the same location. Steam schooner: Coos Bay: T.W. Lucas: 24 October 1894: Brig: Port Orford: Bawnmore: 28 August 1895: Steamship: Bandon: Ella Laurena: 18 December 1895: Abandoned by crew during a storm. Found ran aground the next day. Schooner: Coos Bay: Arago: 20 October 1896: Struck bar previously in 1891 at ...
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
Kelly Butte Natural Area is a city park of about 23 acres (9.3 ha) in southeast Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, just east of Interstate 205.The park is named after pioneer Clinton Kelly, who settled the area east of the Willamette River in 1848. [2]
Rocky Butte (previously known as Mowich Illahee [4] and Wiberg Butte) is an extinct cinder cone butte in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is also part of the Boring Lava Field, a group of volcanic vents and lava flows throughout Oregon and Washington state. The volcano erupted between 285,000 and 500,000 years ago.
Mount Scott is a volcanic cinder cone with its summit in Clackamas County, Oregon.The summit rises to an elevation of 1,091 feet (333 m). [1] It is part of the Boring Lava Field, [3] a zone of ancient volcanic activity in the area around Portland, and was named for Harvey W. Scott, a 19th and 20th century editor of The Oregonian newspaper.
Mist is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. Formerly called Riverside, the place was renamed in 1888 for the atmospheric conditions of the Nehalem Valley . [ 1 ] The first land claims in the area had been made circa 1870. [ 2 ]