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Watergate at Tualatin River and Oswego Lake Canal
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Watergate at Tualatin River and Oswego Lake Canal
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Watergate at Tualatin River end of the Old Tualatin River-Oswego Lake Canal. The Lake Oswego Canal was built in 1872 to connect then Sucker Lake to the Tualatin River by the Tualatin River Navigation & Manufacturing Company. Lake Oswego was extensively used by the Clowewallas, Tualatins, and other Native peoples before European settlers formed the city of Oswego in 1850 with a donation land claim.
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Bright, Verne, 1893-1977
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Date
1937-11-09
Location
Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Oregon, United States
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Oswego, Lake (Or. : Lake)
Tualatin River (Or.)
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Bright, Verne, 1893-1977,
Watergate at Tualatin River and Oswego Lake Canal
(1937-11-09). State Library of Oregon Digital Collections, accessed 13/09/2026, https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/nodes/view/311705