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Canal back to normal on Eighth Avenue

Written October 31st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

A few days ago residents along Albany’s Eighth Street Canal were wondering why the decorative waterway was nearly dry. By Friday the usual water flow, scant as it is, appeared to be back to normal.


This used to be a major Albany canal

Written August 27th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

It’s a shame what has happened to one of Albany’s canals, the one that runs down Thurston Street from Seventh Avenue to the Willamette River.


 
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