Eagle Creek Upper Falls, also called Upper Eagle Creek Falls, is a small waterfall located in Clackamas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The waterfall is known for a fish ladder that bypasses the waterfall to assist fish navigate the waterfall. Eagle Creek is known for being a point for fishing chinook salmon, bull trout, and steelhead trout.
Upper Eagle Creek Falls is located upstream from the Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery, a popular spot to start kayaking downstream Eagle Creek.
The nonprofit Eagle Creek Park Foundation provides financial and volunteer assistance for the park, which was founded around 1910. Eagle Creek was created around 1930 by the Civilian Conservation Corps to be included in the Pacific Crest Trail. J.K. Lilly Jr. was the first to buy a piece of land that will be later called Eagle Creek Park in 1934. During the 1950s, she donated her Eagle Crest Estate, Eagle Valley Farms and East Crest Forest to Purdue University, which sold land to Marion County. Since Lilly was the first to buy, the park established a library in her honor within the Eagle Creek Park Nature Center in 1973. Five years later the Eagle Creek Park Foundation was established with a slim nine members.[1]
The Park Foundation provides park maps and daily and annual passes. It costs $1.50 to walk or bike through, and $5.00 to enter the park with a vehicle. To encourage seniors to enjoy the park, they don't need to pay for daily admission.[2] The Foundation encourages outdoor learning and it monetarily supported the Ornithology Center with $4,500 and held an outdoor bird game for children.[3]
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