view gallery SW1 km | Oregon Trail Marker, Suavies Island, Oregon in Wagon Roads and Trails Sauvie's Island was originally called Wappatoe (Wappatoo) Island. posted by: Queens Blessing location: Oregon date approved: 09/17/2013 last visited: 07/27/2015 |
view gallery W1.4 km | Wapato Access Greenway - Oregon in State/Provincial Parks A very popular place for bird watchers and fishermen. Also an excellent place to walk your dog. This park features a 2 mile hiking trail around a lake. posted by: howarthe location: Oregon date approved: 12/09/2011 last visited: 07/27/2015 |
view gallery W1.9 km | Kathy's Bench - Sauvie Island, Oregon in Dedicated Benches A nice bench in a beautiful location. posted by: howarthe location: Oregon date approved: 04/09/2012 last visited: 07/27/2015 |
view gallery SW1.9 km | Bottomland Forest in Flora and Fauna Information Signs Informational sign in the Wapato Access Greenway posted by: howarthe location: Oregon date approved: 12/06/2011 last visited: 07/27/2015 |
view gallery SW1.9 km | Hadley's Landing - Sauvie Island, Oregon in Citizen Memorials A moorage dedicated to Jim Hadley. posted by: howarthe location: Oregon date approved: 12/04/2011 last visited: 07/27/2015 |
view gallery W2.1 km | Oak Savannah in Flora and Fauna Information Signs Informational sign in the Wapato Access Greenway. posted by: howarthe location: Oregon date approved: 12/06/2011 last visited: 07/27/2015 |
view gallery S3.2 km | Suavie Island Memorial in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials A simple memorial to those who served, erected by the local American Legion. posted by: howarthe location: Oregon date approved: 09/29/2009 last visited: 07/25/2015 |
view gallery SE3.7 km | The MAiZE at The Pumpkin Patch in Outdoor Mazes This is a corn maze on Sauvie Island in Portland. There are also many other activities and ammenities on site during its late August to end of October run, making this a great day trip destination. posted by: Team Rufus location: Oregon date approved: 10/09/2005 last visited: 10/06/2013 |
view gallery W3.7 km | Fort William 1835 in Oregon Historical Markers Nathaniel J. Wyeth of Boston, Massachusetts began permanent American settlement of Oregon by building a fur trading and salmon packing post one-half mile east. posted by: Rose Red location: Oregon date approved: 02/12/2008 last visited: 09/17/2023 |
view gallery S4 km | Sauvie Island Bridge in Arch Bridges The Sauvie Island Bridge crosses the Multnomah Channel of the Willamette River near Portland, Oregon. This new tied arch bridge was installed in 2008.
posted by: howarthe location: Oregon date approved: 09/27/2009 last visited: 07/04/2017 |
view gallery E4.8 km | Kelly Pt Anchor, Columbia River, Portland, OR in Anchors This anchor is located on Kelly Point in Portland, OR, where the Columbia and Willamette Rivers meet. posted by: Queens Blessing location: Oregon date approved: 12/06/2009 last visited: 10/09/2016 |
view gallery E4.8 km | Exploring the "Mult-no-mah" in Lewis and Clark Trail American Indians told Lewis & Clark about the "Mult-no-mah" (now the Willamette), a large river entering the Columbia River from the south. Clark set out immediately with seven men and one of the "Cash hooks" to find and explore this river. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 02/11/2008 last visited: 07/15/2014 |
view gallery SE5 km | Kelly Point Grain Elevators - Portland, OR in Grain Elevators These grain elevators are close to the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, both marine thoroughfares. posted by: dkestrel location: Oregon date approved: 03/18/2014 last visited: 05/16/2014 |
view gallery SE5.1 km | Kelly Point Graffiti - Portland, OR in Graffiti Someone has taken it upon themselves to enhance the cement block in this parking spot with various fish motifs. posted by: dkestrel location: Oregon date approved: 03/18/2014 last visited: 08/16/2014 |
view gallery E6 km | Vancouver Lake Regional Park, Vancouver, WA in 'You Are Here' Maps The first time I visited this park was for a geocaching CITO event; it is a really fun park, with trails and picnic areas! posted by: Queens Blessing location: Washington date approved: 09/17/2012 last visited: 09/02/2013 |
view gallery NE6.1 km | Waylon's Marina - "Twilight" in Movie Locations Waylon (Ned Bellamy) is attacked by vampires James, Victoria and Laurent (Cam Gigandet,Rachelle Lefevre,Edi Gathegi)at the Marina posted by: Doug Mathieson location: Washington date approved: 08/29/2010 last visited: 11/11/2011 |
view gallery E6.1 km | Warning Traffic Teeth, Vancouver, Washington in Unusual Signs I've seen those devices that will shred your tires if you back up over them, and the ususal sign would say something about severe tire damage; this is the first sign I've seen with these words! posted by: Queens Blessing location: Washington date approved: 09/18/2012 last visited: 09/02/2013 |
view gallery SE6.4 km | Wapato Multnomah County Jail - St Johns, OR in Retired Prisons An empty Jail built by the county, but never opened. The Wapato Facility is currently not housing detainees nor is it expected to in the future. posted by: dkestrel location: Oregon date approved: 11/27/2013 last visited: 04/04/2018 |
view gallery S6.9 km | RD3664 WILLAMET in U.S. Benchmarks One of the oldest benchmark disks in the Portland Oregon area posted by: SpockProf location: Oregon date approved: 09/01/2015 last visited: 06/21/2015 |
view gallery S6.9 km | WILLAMET Sign Muncher, - Portland, Oregon in Omnivorous Trees Sign-eating tree near RD3664 WILLAMET benchmark posted by: SpockProf location: Oregon date approved: 09/10/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery SE7.2 km | Fred (Frederick) H. Ramsey - Pioneer of 1844 in Out of Place Graves A single grave is located among blackberry bushes, ivy, and weeds along a busy road in the St. Johns section of Portland. posted by: Rose Red location: Oregon date approved: 08/25/2009 last visited: 03/18/2018 |
view gallery NE7.6 km | D.B. Cooper and Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 Hijacking Money in Infamous Crime Scenes On February 10, 1980, Brian Ingram, age 8, was digging in the sand at Tina Bar on the Columbia River about 9 1/2 miles NW of Vancouver, WA. He dug up three bundles of deteriorating $20 bills totaling approximately $5,800 of D.B. Cooper's money. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 02/10/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery NE7.6 km | Legend of D. B. Cooper, Vancouver, Washington in Urban Legends and Superstitions The most famous aircraft hijackers-for-cash was never known as D. B. Cooper except to the public. It was as Dan Cooper that he purchased his plane ticket. And it is as Dan Cooper that the FBI is still looking for him. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 11/01/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery S8.5 km | Fish Silhouette - Linnton, OR in Silhouette Public Art Sculptures A great fish silhouette greets visitors to this small town outside Portland, OR. posted by: dkestrel location: Oregon date approved: 12/08/2013 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
NW8.5 km | Johnston Cabin in Unoccupied Buildings, Shacks, and Cabins Built and enjoyed by Bob Johston who willed the cabin to a boy scout troop in 1977. The cabin was regrettably destroyed by fire. A nearby outhouse speaks to the durability of log cabin construction. posted by: howarthe location: Oregon date approved: 08/13/2011 last visited: 06/18/2015 |
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