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Scappoose / s k æ ˈ p uː s / is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It was named for a nearby stream, which drains the southern part of the county. The name "Scappoose" is of Native American origin, and is said to mean "gravelly plain." [5] The population was 6,592 at the 2010 census.
Scappoose Bay is a slough of Multnomah Channel, a distributary of the Willamette River, about 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream of where the channel meets the Columbia River in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It is surrounded by a broad wetland area full of small ponds and other waterways across from Sauvie Island.
The Peace Candle of the World, also known as the Scappoose Peace Candle, [1] is an approximately 50-foot-tall (15 m) tower-like structure 18 feet (5.5 m) in diameter [2] [3] in Scappoose, Oregon, designed to resemble a candle. It was built in 1971 outside what was then the Brock Candles Inc. factory, which burned down in 1990.
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Scappoose School District (SSD 1J) is a public school district in Scappoose, Oregon, United States. It covers the cities of Scappoose, Warren , and Sauvie Island , and is mostly in Columbia County , but a small portion is in Multnomah County .
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The Portland and Southwestern Railroad Tunnel, also known as the Nehalem Divide Railroad Tunnel, is an abandoned railroad tunnel near Scappoose, Oregon, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The tunnel was driven by the Portland and Southwestern Railroad, whose chief business was logging. Unusually for a ...