The Willamette Valley (German Willamette Valley) is a region in northwestOregonthat the Willamette River surrounds. To the north it extends from the mountains nearby Eugene until Columbia River.
background
location
The Willamette Valley is to the west by the Oregon Coast Range and in the east by that Cascade Mountains limited. In the south it is through that Calapooya Mountains limited.
- The following four districts are completely located in the valley: Benton, Polk, Yamhill and Washington
- The valley also makes up parts of the following counties: Clackamas, Lane, Linn, Marion and Multnomah.
history
The valley is one of the most fertile agricultural landscapes in the world, what to the Missoula floods traced back to the last ice age. Many Europeans settled here in the 1840s Oregon Trail immigrated to the area. Almost 70% of Oregon's population live here.
During the 19th century the valley became dense from the Kalapuya Indians populated. The Hudson’s Bay Company controlled that here Fur trade in the 1820s and 1830s. The first settlements of Europeans took place in Oregon City and Champoeg instead of.
Management
The valley's crops are mainly berries and vegetables. In the 20th century the valley became too a large wine-growing areawhere the grape varieties Pinot Noir (Pinot Noir) and Pinot Gris (Pinot Gris) thrive very well.
places
- 1 Albany
- Home of the World Timber Carnival. - 2 Aurora
- 3 Corvallis - Oregon State University headquarters.
- 4 Cottage Grove
- 5 Creswell -
- 6 Eugene - At the southern end of the valley, home of the University of Oregon.
- 7 Lorane
- 8 Lowell
- 9 McMinnville - This is another city that has a high concentration of wineries in the area.
- 10 Monmouth - is located in the Willamette Valley between Corvallis, Oregon and Salem, Oregon. Home of Western Oregon University.
- 11 Mt. Angel
- 12 Newberg
- 13 Salem - Capital of Oregon, south of Portland located.
- 14 Silverton -
- 15 Sweet home
- 16 Veneta
- 17 Woodburn
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Other goals
In the Willamette Valley is that too Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge, in which mainly swans, ducks and geese such as the Canada Goose overwinter.
language
getting there
- Airports with scheduled flights to the Willamette Valley are the Portland International Airport and the Mahlon Sweet Field(IATA: EUG).
- The interstate
runs through the valley in a north-south axis. It comes from the Canadian border and runs over Portland and Salem continue after Eugene and Sacramento.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
Two thirds of the state's wineries and vineyards are in the Willamette Valley, which is more than 500 wineries (as of 2019). The valley is known for its Pinot Noir. The climate, latitude and geology are particularly suitable for the production of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris.
A popular local activity is wine tasting. Most wineries have a public tasting room that you can visit during the day to sample their range of wines for a small tasting fee. Often times, buying a bottle or two saves the tasting fee. The highest concentration of wineries is in the city of Dundee, but there are other wineries near Newberg, Carlton, McMinnville, Salem, and Eugene.
The wineries are open year round, but the high season usually runs from June to October when the chance of rain is slim and daytime temperatures are comfortable.
kitchen
nightlife
security
climate
See also
literature
- : Hoptopia: A World of Agriculture and Beer in Oregon's Willamette Valley.. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-520-27747-2 .
