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Salish Ponds Park

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29: 145:. Mining operations ceased in the early 1980s and the owners donated the property to the City of Fairview in 1999. The city quickly redeveloped the property into a natural area, refurbishing two of the quarries into ponds and erecting hiking trails through the forest. 160:
The park contains 2.8 miles of hiking trails, one of which connects via the Alex Brown Covered Bridge to Fairview Community Park, a smaller park containing a playground, gazebo, and large lawn.
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bond. This project led to the redevelopment of the pond shores which had been trampled due to man-made erosion, and redevelopment of the hiking trails to gravel.
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The park contains two large ponds. West Salish Pond is 6.2 acres and 42 feet deep. East Salish Pond is 11.74 acres and 18 feet deep.
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In July 2012, the Fairview City Council approved the "Salish Ponds Park Improvement Project" with funds from a 2006
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West Salish Pond contains Trout and East Salish pond has a natural population of
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Salish Ponds Park was initially an abandoned rock quarry used for expanding
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Fairview
Oregon
Coordinates
45°31′50″N 122°26′51″W / 45.530570°N 122.447384°W / 45.530570; -122.447384
City of Fairview
Fairview, Oregon
Interstate 84
Metro
Bass
Panfish
Catfish
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
ODFW Weekly Trout Stocking Schedule
"Salish Ponds Wetland Park"



"Salish Ponds restoration project to start this fall after a year of delays"
"Salish Ponds Hike - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington"
"Community Park"
"Fishing at Salish Ponds in Fairview (2023 Update)"
Categories
Parks in Multnomah County, Oregon
Oregon placenames of Native American origin
1968 establishments in Oregon
Parks established in the 1960s
Protected areas established in 1968
Former mines in the United States

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