Takena Landing

Takena Landing to get new dock

Written August 11th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

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To the casual observer the wooden floating dock at Albany’s Takena Landing doesn’t look as though it’s in bad shape. But it’s going to be replaced next spring, and the new one will have a fiberglass deck.

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Tags: canoeing, Oregon State Marine Board, Takena Landing, Willamette River

Looking up: Something’s not right

Written November 27th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

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Wanting to take a look at the level of the Willamette River after several days of rain on Thanksgiving Day, I found myself at Takena Landing and looked up. Not a pretty sight, I would say.

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Tags: Ellsworth Street bridge, Takena Landing, Willamette dams, Willamette floods, Willmatte River

The riverfront’s my beat

Written August 8th, 2013 by

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Here’s a boat of a kind you don’t see every day. I spotted it Thursday afternoon in the parking lot at Albany’s Takena Landing Park. I loitered for a while hoping to learn more about this apparently home-built craft, but the owner didn’t show. What struck me was the unusual shape: Completely flat on the bottom — […]

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Tags: boating, Takena Landing, Willamette River

Launch at your own risk

Written July 30th, 2013 by

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If you’ve thought of launching your canoe from Takena Landing Park, a note of caution. The Willamette River looks placid from afar, and even up close it seems harmless. But there’s a strong current pushing against the upstream side of the dock, made even stronger than the river current itself by the flow around the […]

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Tags: canoeing, Takena Landing, Willamette River