The state parks department has been planning for years to build a paddlers’ access on the Luckiamute River in Polk County, and maybe this is the year it finally gets done. In the meantime, though, boaters do have a way to get their small craft in the water, as the video shows.
Tags: Luckiamute Natural Area, Luckiamute Paddlers' Access, Luckiamute River, Oregon State Parks
IP’s Albany Mill: A demolition update
Not much is left of the Albany Paper Mill in Millersburg except for an exhaust stack and piles of metallic debris. But the name at the former entrance off Old Salem Road remains, and it’s surrounded by a patch of well tended lawn. It’s as though somebody wants to keep our memory of the mill […]
Tags: Albany Paper Mill, International Paper, Millersburg, Western Kraft