- The CwM team could not resist the early summer-like weather in the Pacific Northwest and took a “Geology-Friday” field trip into the Columbia River Gorge. Their trip took them east from Portland to the Sandy River, along the Historic Columbia River Highway through Corbett, with stops at the Latourell and Bridal Veil Falls, and back west along the banks of the Columbia River. The goal was to find outcrops of the Troutdale Formation, parts of which make up an important groundwater source in the Portland metro area and part of the City of Portland’s Columbia River Wellfield.
- Svensen, Oregon (Wikipedia)
Svensen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, named after early settler Peter Svensen. As of the 2020 census, Svensen had a population of 853. There was a post office in Svensen from 1895 to 1944. Since the closure of the Svensen Post Office, mail service has been provided by rural carriers of the Astoria, Oregon post office. Svensen is within the Knappa School District.