Canyonville

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="040c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>Canyonville is a great place to get off I-5 and enjoy yourself for a while.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Small Town Oregon</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Small Town Oregon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>Canyonville</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id255.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dillard"><U>Dillard</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id122.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elkton"><U>Elkton</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drain"><U>Drain</U></A><B>   | 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bands</U></A> built the Seven Feathers Casino and changed the face of town forever.  The town is very much divided now with the Casino district on the north end being very prosperous looking and the southern and older part of town looking very much like it did in the 1960's</div> <div>      I remember Canyonville from my childhood simply as the junction where the road cut over to Shady Cove on the way to Crater Lake or Klamath Falls.  The old second hand stores are now antique shops so if you are into old stuff it is a great little town.  Or if you like to gamble.  Otherwise the junction is still there. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=49841C75$E4$FE$36w$F0$FC$36w94!L0$0C0Myrtle.Creek20OR!60!4$FF000!8$FF!60$2A$3F$25$BE$C5$84E$40I$90$21$32r$D1$5E$C0$320001000$C24006$9F$10!60$14000!4$FF00$14$BF$25$BF$C3$30$EC$BF!5$FF$DFG$C010" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qs"><U><B>Area Map</B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=8B82DDA1$E4$FE$36w$F0$FC$36w94!L0$0C0Myrtle.Creek20OR!60!4$FF000!8$FF!60$2A$3F$25$BE$C5$84E$40I$90$21$32r$D1$5E$C060001000$C24006$9F$10!60$14000!4$FF00$A1$5C$D9$83$0C$C34$C0I$92$24I$92DI$C010" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qs"><U><B>Street Map</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f1980e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I finally figured out who created this astounding sculpture.  Turns out the artist lives within 10 miles of Canby which </div> <div> we call home.   The artist is Lorenzo Ghiglieri,  a master who lives in Wilsonville, Oregon.  Check out his web</div> <div> site <A HREF="http://www.art-lorenzo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.art-lorenzo.com"><U>www.art-lorenzo.com</U></A> for a real treat.  You also might want to compare this to the incredible public bronzes in <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joseph"><U>Joseph</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f1b80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> I just had to show a close-up the the eagle and salmon to show the detail of Lorenzo's work. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b880e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Applegate trail is famous in the Rogue river area but not many know it passed through Canyonville on the way to the Willamette valley.  Not everyone savored the challenge of floating down the Columbia or crossing the <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barlow"><U>Barlow</U></A> trail.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b980e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The road is long gone but the bridge is still there over Canyon creek.  Back in the 1960's a working covered bridge </div> <div> still crossed the South  Umpqua river at Days Creek.  I haven't seen it for years. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f1780bf0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="447" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> I took this picture recently (8/2009) at the Cabin Creek rest area on I-5 in the vicinity of Oakland.  I put the history</div> <div> here because the Cow Creeks are one of the seven tribes who own the Seven Feathers casino. </div> </td> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The Seven Feathers Casino has an incredible bronze sculpture of a <A HREF="id263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Knappa"><U>bald eagle</U></A> snatching a salmon from the water.  It must be 40 feet high. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The Applegate trail came through here and Canyonville has a nice little interpretative kiosk in the park. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The same park has a very narrow but well preserved covered bridge.  I hope to make an index to all of these one day.  For now just keep looking. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>