Enterprise (1855)
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The Enterprise was an early steamboat operating on the Willamette River in Oregon and also one of the first to operate on the Fraser River in British Columbia. This vessel should not be confused with the many other vessels, some of similar design, also named Enterprise. In earlier times, this vessel was sometimes called Tom Wright's Enterprise after one of her captains, the famous Tom Wright.
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Willamette Falls, 1918. These falls at Oregon City separated the lower and upper Willamette.
Capt. Thomas A. Wright (1828-1907), owner and commander of Enterprise 1858–62.
Drawing showing the "New Eldorado", the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
Canemah, Oregon
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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