Canal Basin
Canal Basin is a canal in Clackamas, Oregon. Canal Basin is situated nearby to the protected area Willamette Falls Locks, as well as near the power station T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant and Willamette Falls.
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. T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant is situated 540 feet southwest of Canal Basin.
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.
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Memorial
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.
Canal Basin
- Type: Canal
- Categories: body of water and historic site
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.35514° or 45° 21′ 19″ northLongitude
-122.61777° or 122° 37′ 4″ westInception
1873Open location code
84QV994J+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1290175048OpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canal
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