Moores Island
Moores Island is an islet in Clackamas, Oregon. Moores Island is situated nearby to the suburb Canemah, as well as near the quarter Sunset.Places of Interest
Highlights include Willamette Falls and T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant.
Willamette Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall in the northwestern United States, located on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon.
T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant
Power station
Portland General Electric's T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant is a hydroelectric dam on the Willamette Falls built between 1888 and 1895. It is the source of the nation's first long-distance power transmission.
Canemah
Historic site
Photo: Carleton Watkins, Public domain.
Canemah was an early settlement in the U.S. state of Oregon located near the Willamette River. Canemah was annexed to Oregon City in 1928.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oregon City and West Linn.
Oregon City
Photo: Adam Herstein, CC BY 2.0.
Oregon City is a city of 37,000 people in the Portland Metropolitan Area. The seat of suburban Clackamas County, it is best known as being the end of the Oregon Trail. Several tourist attractions in the city commemorate this history.
West Linn
Town
Photo: Taromsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Linn is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A southern suburb within the Portland metropolitan area, West Linn developed on the site of the former Linn City, which was named after U.S.
Gladstone
Photo: Aboutmovies, CC BY 3.0.
Gladstone is a town in the Portland Metropolitan Area guarded by the Clackamas and Willamette River, where this is plenty of fishing. It is a wonderful small community that is surrounded by many other cities so you are never far from anything.
Moores Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States
- Categories: island, rock, locality, and landform
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.35185° or 45° 21′ 7″ northLongitude
-122.61913° or 122° 37′ 9″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
84QV992J+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 616820081OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5741388Wikidata ID
Q49659590
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Moores Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Moores Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Oregon)”
- Cebuano: “Moores Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Canemah and Sunset.
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