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.
Willamette Falls looking south, with Canemah, Oregon, in background on left, 1867
1852 advertisement for the "splendid steamer Washington" running between Canemah and Champoeg Oregon Territory
Newspaper story on explosion of Gazelle
Boat basin above Willamette Falls, 1867, with sternwheeler under construction
Oregon City is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, located on the Willamette River near the southern limits of the Portland metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 37,572. Established in 1829 by the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1844 it became the first U.S. city west of the Rocky Mountains to be incorporated.
The McLoughlin House, est. 1845
Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River by John Mix Stanley, c. 1850s (Amon Carter Museum of American Art)
Willamette Falls and a paper mill at Oregon City, on the Willamette River
Municipal Elevator in Oregon City