Travel Oregon City

06/07/2026

About yesterday…. 🌹 🌺 🌼 🌹 💐

Sneak peek 🫣 for you! Official photos coming tomorrow.

06/03/2026

📋 SEEKING: Boats of all sizes for casual tie-ups on the Willamette River.

About me: I'm a 320-foot public floating dock with a 40-ton capacity, free to use, and conveniently located between Clackamette Park and Sportcraft Landing in Oregon City.
Yes, I am open for business (pardon my neighbor’s construction dust).
I've recently had a full structural assessment. I'm in great shape.

What I'm looking for:
🚣 Kayaks and canoes — come float my way
⛵ Recreational vessels — you had me at starboard
🛥️ Mid-size commercial vessels — we're working on it (84-foot Crystal Dolphin, call me)
🚢 The (150 ft, 360 tons) — it's not you, it's the river channel
🚢 — we’ll be together, one sweet day

No strings attached. Well, dock lines are required.
Tie-up limit: 72 hours. I'm a dock, not a relationship.

📍 1801 Clackamette Dr, Oregon City | Free | I-205 access
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06/03/2026

Join us for our second annual Explore the Outdoors event on Saturday, June 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

All activities are free, open to the public, and happening throughout the event.

1:00 p.m. Jerry Hermann will be presenting information on the ELC namesake, John Inskeep, in Lakeside Hall.

Clackamas River Water Providers will be sharing water conservation tips, as well as providing education about insects with Clackamas River Basin Council .

Rotary Club of Oregon City will have volunteers helping children make crafts and other activities.

Oregon City Optimists have generously sponsored a free copy of the ELC coloring book story "If I Were a Dragonfly" and a box of crayons for children attending the event.

OC Farmer’s Market will have activitites at their Info Booth to learn more about what the Market has to offer. They are open every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. during the summer season.

Home Orchard Education Center will be sharing more about Beetle Bumps. They are open 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the year.

Clackamas Community College Community Gardens will share tips for getting your garden ready for planting and family friendly activities available there over the summer.

Clackamas Free Clinic will provide information about their services along with free giveaways to encourage healthy habits during the hot summer months.

Visit any of the locations to get a map, explore the activities, and turn in a completed map to the ELC to be entered into a drawing for one of the prizes.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/explore-the-outdoors-2026-insects-tickets-1982832439202 (Link in bio)

Join us to learn about the insects that are all around with crafts, hands-on activities, and live insects!

06/03/2026

Discover the roots of the pacific coast fruit industry and learn about these horticulturists, who were also abolitionists, gold miners, and Quakers-turned-Spiritualists.

Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 7 pm
Museum of the Oregon Territory
211 Tumwater Dr. at the Willamette Falls in Oregon City
$20 admission for non-members, $10 admission for members

05/27/2026

It is The End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center's 31st Anniversary the week of June 14-20. Stop by any day for 31% off admission.

You are especially invited to help us celebrate Juneteenth! Join us on Friday, June 19th for FREE admission day or on Saturday, June 20th from 2 - 5 pm for the Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration.

The Celebration is free for all to attend and will feature educational and entertainment opportunities, as well as community partners that provide culturally-specific resources. The event is intended to celebrate Black and Indigenous communities and help residents to come together as a community united against racism, working towards inclusion and belonging for all.

05/27/2026

We are excited to announce the 2026 Yakama Nation Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration. The event will take place on Thursday, June 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Clackamette Park in Oregon City, OR.

We gather to honor Asum (Pacific Lamprey), one of our sacred first foods. The celebration is held near Willamette Falls—derived from our traditional Sahaptin name, Wilumpt—to honor our ancestors who have harvested at these falls since time immemorial. We also recognize the past leaders who fought to retain our harvest rights and the tribal members who continue this traditional practice today.

The celebration will include cultural dance performances; speakers from our tribal leaders and guests; a boat tour to Willamette Falls as well as a complimentary salmon & lamprey meal!

*Please scan the QR code on our flyer to RSVP for a meal ticket or visit

This free event is open to the public and includes Yakama cultural and educational activities, a free salmon luncheon and more!

05/27/2026

One brother attempted to found a utopian colony in Honduras, another helped organize the Grange in California, and the third fought for democratic reforms in Oregon.

We're talking about the Lewelling brothers, who hauled a wagonload of fruit trees from Iowa in 1847 and planted the first grafted-fruit orchard in Oregon country.

Discover the roots of the Pacific coast fruit industry and learn about these horticulturists, who were also abolitionists, gold miners, and Quakers-turned-Spiritualists.

Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 7 pm
Museum of the Oregon Territory
211 Tumwater Dr. at Willamette Falls in Oregon City
https://clackamashistory.org/cchs-events-calendar/2023/11/2/look-back-lecture-history-first-fruits-june-11

05/09/2026

To the moms. All of them.
The experienced ones and the figuring-it-out ones. Grandmas, nanas, and yayas. Soccer moms and free-range moms. Single dads doing it all. Bonus moms, chosen moms, and the aunties who show up. Fur moms, work moms, and the friends who give the best mom hugs.

Happy Mother's Day from Oregon City. 💚

05/08/2026

🌸 She Built This City 🌸
This Mother's Day weekend we're kicking off this new series. First up: the woman who saved historic Oregon City.

Ruth McBride Powers (1903–1995) was a Stanford-educated preservationist who spent decades using her own resources to save Oregon's oldest buildings — sometimes purchasing them outright, sometimes providing the major funding herself. Among the structures she rescued: the Francis Ermatinger House, the Philip Foster Farm, the Ainsworth House, and the William Holmes House. She received national recognition from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1975.

And yet, so few people know about her.

Tomorrow is your chance to change that.

The McLoughlin Memorial Association — the organization Ruth founded — is hosting a special celebration of her legacy at the William L. Holmes House (Rose Farm) this Saturday, May 9th from 12 noon to 4pm. 536 Holmes Ln, Oregon City.

📍 536 Holmes Ln, Oregon City
🕛 Saturday May 9 · 12:00–4:00pm
🌿 Free & open to the public

Come meet the people keeping her work alive. And while you're in Oregon City for Mother's Day weekend — look around. So much of what makes this city worth visiting was saved by a woman who loved it enough to fight for it.

05/07/2026

Mother's Day is this weekend and if you haven't gotten mom something yet - no worries!

Oregon City has got local goods, special experiences and activities to fill the weekend. Scroll through to get some ideas.

The End of the Oregon Trail is the start of your Mother's Day weekend - close enough to be convenient, far enough to be special. 💖

📸 1) City Year Round Farmers Market 2) Villa Catalana Cellars 3) White Rabbit Books & Gifts 4) Canva Pro photo representing: Evolution Healing Arts, LLC