Canemah
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.Photo: Carleton Watkins, Public domain.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: historic neighborhood in Oregon City, Oregon, USA
- Also known as: “Canemah Historic District” and “Canemah, Oregon”
Places of Interest Nearby
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. T. W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant is situated 3,000 feet north of Canemah.
Fort Vancouver National Monument
Park
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in the states of Washington and Oregon. The National Historic Site consists of two units, one located on the site of Fort Vancouver in modern-day Vancouver, Washington; the other being the former residence of John McLoughlin in Oregon City, Oregon.
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.
Canemah
- Categories: neighborhood, historic district, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.34599° or 45° 20′ 46″ northLongitude
-122.62202° or 122° 37′ 19″ westOpen location code
84QV89WH+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 523872431OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtWikidata ID
Q5032264
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Canemah” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Canemah”
- Japanese: “ケインマー”
- Spanish: “Canemah”
- Spanish: “Distrito Historico de Canemah”
- Spanish: “Distrito Histórico de Canemah”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Canemah Children’s Park and Coffee Creek Falls.
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