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One of the boulders engraved with Kalapuyan words along the paths of east Alton Baker Park, this one is next to the Willamette River: "Whilamut" "Where the river ripples and runs fast"
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word that means "where the river ripples and runs fast". A ceremony to rename the former East Alton Baker Park took place on September 7, 2002 and included a traditional
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In April, 2013, the Nobel Peace Laureate Project opened a one-acre parcel inside Alton Baker Park to celebrate the United States recipients of the
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The less developed, eastern part of Alton Baker Park is known as the Wilhamut Natural Area and links to
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View across the duck pond with scale model Sun to the left, Willamette River,
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Day Island (Eugene, Oregon)

Peter DeFazio Bridge
Skinner Butte
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon
Coordinates
44°03′22″N 123°04′41″W / 44.055996°N 123.078139°W / 44.055996; -123.078139
Eugene, Oregon
United States
Autzen Stadium
The Register-Guard
duck ponds
bicycle trails
dog park
disc golf
Ferry Street Bridge
Willamette River
Cuthbert Amphitheater
Fred Cuthbert

Springfield
Kalapuya
Kalapuya
Nobel Peace Prize
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Woodrow Wilson
Charles G. Dawes
Frank B. Kellogg

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