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Sauvie Island

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Sauvie Island, in the U.S. state of Oregon, originally Wapato Island or Wappatoo Island, is the largest island along the Columbia River, at, and one of the largest river islands in the United States. [1]

49 relations: Acre, Bybee–Howell House, Collins Beach (Sauvie Island), Columbia County, Oregon, Columbia River, Cycling, Epidemic, Fort William (Oregon), George Vancouver, Hudson's Bay Company, Island, John McLoughlin, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Library of Congress, Marionberry, Measles, Midwestern United States, Mount Hood, Multnomah Channel, Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah people, Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, National Register of Historic Places, Native Americans in the United States, Nude beach, Oregon, Oregon Geographic Names, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Trail, Portland, Oregon, Sagittaria latifolia, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Sauvie Island Bridge, Sauvie Island Wildlife Area, Scappoose, Oregon, Smallpox, St. Helens, Oregon, Sturgeon Lake (Oregon), Syphilis, Tuberculosis, U.S. Route 30 in Oregon, U.S. state, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vancouver, Washington, Warrior Rock Light, Willamette River, Willamette Week, William Robert Broughton, 2000 United States Census.

Acre

The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems.

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Bybee–Howell House

The Bybee–Howell House is a historic house, located on Sauvie Island (in the Columbia River), Oregon, United States.

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Collins Beach (Sauvie Island)

Collins Beach Collins Beach is a sandy beach on the Columbia River side of Sauvie Island in Oregon, United States, located north of Portland.

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Columbia County, Oregon

Columbia County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport.

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Epidemic

An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time, usually two weeks or less.

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Fort William (Oregon)

Fort William was a fur trading outpost built in 1834 by the American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, a Boston merchant, backed by American investors.

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George Vancouver

Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his 1791–95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group.

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Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

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John McLoughlin

Dr.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Marionberry

The 'Marion' cultivar (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus) or Marion blackberry, marketed as, is a blackberry developed by the USDA ARS breeding program in cooperation with Oregon State University.

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Measles

Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the measles virus.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").

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Mount Hood

Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon.

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Multnomah Channel

The Multnomah Channel is a distributary of the Willamette River.

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Multnomah County, Oregon

Multnomah County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Multnomah people

The Multnomah are a tribe of Chinookan people who live in the area of Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

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Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth

Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (January 29, 1802 – August 31, 1856) was an American inventor and businessman in Boston, Massachusetts who contributed greatly to its ice industry.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Nude beach

A nude beach, sometimes called a clothing-optional or free beach, is a beach where users are at liberty to be nude.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.

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Oregon Geographic Names

Oregon Geographic Names is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical Society.

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Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society (OHS) is an organization that encourages and promotes the study and understanding of the history of the Oregon Country, within the broader context of U.S. history.

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Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail is a historic East–West, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Sagittaria latifolia

Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, duck-potato, Indian potato, or wapato.

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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Sauvie Island Bridge

The Sauvie Island Bridge crosses the Multnomah Channel of the Willamette River near Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Sauvie Island Wildlife Area

The Sauvie Island Wildlife Area is a state game management area on Sauvie Island in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Scappoose, Oregon

Scappoose is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.

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St. Helens, Oregon

St.

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Sturgeon Lake (Oregon)

Sturgeon Lake is a lake on Sauvie Island in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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U.S. Route 30 in Oregon

In the U.S. state of Oregon, U.S. Route 30, a major east–west U.S. Highway, runs from its western terminus in Astoria to the Idaho border east of Ontario.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies.

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Vancouver, Washington

Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, and the largest suburb of Portland, Oregon.

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Warrior Rock Light

Warrior Rock Light is a lighthouse on Sauvie Island in the U.S. state of Oregon, which helps guide river traffic on the Columbia River around the Portland, Oregon area.

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Willamette River

The Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow.

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Willamette Week

Willamette Week (WW) is an alternative weekly newspaper and a website published in Portland, Oregon, United States, since 1974.

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William Robert Broughton

William Robert Broughton (22 March 176214 March 1821) was a British naval officer in the late 18th century.

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2000 United States Census

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 Census.

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Redirects here:

Sauvie island, Sauvie's Island, Wapato Island, Wappatoo Island.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauvie_Island

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