- Hares Canyon
Hares Canyon or Hare’s Canyon is a short valley in the
Northern Oregon Coast Range south of Vernonia,Oregon ,United States . Located in Washington County the canyon is named after local timber businessmanJoseph C. Hare and much of the canyon is now part of a state park.Details
The entrance of the canyon is near
Oregon Route 47 north of the Sunset Highway. [http://www.lightsandknives.com/blog/stub-stewart-state-park-to-open-june-2007-2007-05-17 Stub Stewart State Park to Open June 2007] ] The elevation of the canyon at this point is 315 feet (96 m) above sea level. [Gnis3|1157992 GNIS: Feature Detail Report: Hares Canyon: 1157992] . U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved onFebruary 28 2008 .] Hares Canyon is drained by Williams Creek [ [http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=45.72489&lon=-123.18465&datum=nad27&zoom=4 USGS Buxton (OR) Topo Map.] TopoQone. Retrieved onMay 16 2008 .] which then drains to the West Fork of Dairy Creek and on to theTualatin River . [ [http://www.trwc.org/tualatin-info/dairy/Dairy_summary.pdf Dairy - McKay.] Tualatin River Watershed Council. Retrieved onFebruary 28 2008 .] APort of Tillamook Bay Railroad line runs through the canyon, while a former rail line through the canyon became part of theBanks-Vernonia State Trail . [Olsen, Dana. The Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad. "The Oregonian", June 25, 2004.] [Colby, Richard. Putting park back together again. "The Oregonian ",October 22 1997 .] Other portions of Hare’s Canyon are withinL.L. "Stub" Stewart Memorial State Park which opened in 2007.Gorman, Kathleen. Park laying groundwork for outdoors enthusiasts. "The Oregonian ",August 10 2006 .] The namesake of the canyon, Joseph Hare (son of Oregon SenatorWilliam D. Hare ), was a local lumberman."Portrait and biographical record of Portland and vicinity Oregon. containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present". Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., © 1903. p. 727-8.]References
External links
* [http://www.my-usa-data.com/satellite/45.7011100/-123.1911100/12/1/Hares+Canyon Aerial photograph of Hares Canyon]
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