Willamette River

Willamette River between Buena Vista Park and Independence - 5 star Kayak float. Water is calm. Float takes about 3 hours. Islands with camping spots. Birds of prey eating fish. Blue herons flying by so close. Animals everywhere. Relaxing.

Good sized river for fishing, kayaking, boating, and nature watching. Best for fishing spring and fall because it fills with algae during summer. Keizer Rapids Park is a great place to start a kayak trip down river and finish up at Spring Valley or Wheatland Ferry.

This waterway is the ultimate symbol of Portland. The entire city is oriented towards the river. While I wouldn't go swimming in the river, if you have access to a boat, it's really the best way to see the city.

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So many nice places to stroll along the river in the Eugene/Springfield area! And great bike paths too. For a good map of the Eugene side, Google for the "Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path System" and for the Springfield side check out the "Middle Fork Path".

Nice view of the river love going fishing there! Calm waters, you should really go!

Pretty Great. I was once told by my teacher, Mr. Sid, that allegedly witnessed the formation of the Willamette River 35 million years ago with his own eyes, that The Willamette River was created was created as an affect of The Juan de Fuca plate subducting beneath the North American plate. The subduction zone causes many frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions which over time happened to create a valley. The watershed that formed in this valley anchored around The Willamette River which moves on to contribute up to 15 percent of the total output of the Columbia river into the Pacific ocean. The alleged two head irradiated fish that call the Willamette River home are fun to catch and release (not fit for consumption) and kayaking on the crystal clear (for the first quarter of a millimeter) water is a relaxing time. While driving your wake boat you can see the many wild tires sunning themselves on the beach on on trees, many of which were probably "free range" tires you let out of your site because you drive a wake boat, and you wake board, because you can't handle an actual challenge, but most importantly, because you hate the river and want to cause more erosion. But when you're driving your nice little fishing boat or your regular good boat you can see many herons, eagles, beavers, dear, and other wildlife because you're not eroding the shore as much and you also are not scaring off all the wildlife with your trashy music taste and loudness. Good watersports include water skiing, inner tubing and pretty much anything else except for that one thing, stated earlier. Floating down the river is also a fun activity as long as you stay near the river banks because sometimes the river can get busy with boat traffic, but most of the time boats are nice and try not to run you over. Large fleets of floating parties consisting of mostly floaties like fun islands and inner tubes with a boat or kayak for mobility, one trash bin, two coolers, and possibly even a floaty with a grill on it are a great way to spend a weekend (some parts of the river are better for these floating parties than others). That's pretty much all that needs to be said about the river, it's cool and great, there is a reason 2/3 of Oregon's population lives around the river, and it's a major part of what makes Oregon, Oregon.

We enjoy boating up river to Buckskin Mary when the water is low. The gravel beds, and the river bed are chock-full of beautiful rocks. We boat North of Harrisburg, and South of Corvallis.