Carver, Oregon

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}

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Carver is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, which, between 2004 and 2016, was part of the city of Damascus, Oregon. Before 2004, when the city of Damascus incorporated, Carver was an independent, unincorporated community. The city of Damascus disincorporated in 2016 returning Carver to its previous status.

The center of Carver is located along the Clackamas River, three miles southwest of the center of Damascus, and five miles east of Clackamas. The community is located along Oregon Route 224.

Points of interest

Carver Bridge: The Clackamas River at Carver was originally crossed using a slack-line ferry operated by Horace Baker. Subsequently, a wooden covered bridge spanned the river and may have been the longest covered bridge in the state. A modern steel truss bridge replaced the wooden bridge in 1955{{cite web

| url = http://www.carverbridge.com/background.html

| title = Carver Bridge Project Background

| publisher = Clackamas County Road Department

| accessdate = July 2, 2013

}} and was replaced in 2019.{{cite web |title=Carver Bridge (Springwater Road over Clackamas River) {{!}} Clackamas County |url=https://www.clackamas.us/engineering/carverbridge.html |website=www.clackamas.us |publisher=Clackamas County |access-date=16 June 2023}} It carries an average of 7,200 vehicles per day.{{cite web

| url = http://www.carverbridge.com/documents/CRB_News_Jan-06.pdf

| title = Carver Bridge Project Newsletter

| publisher = Clackamas County Road Department

| date = January 2006

| accessdate = July 2, 2013

}} Located alongside the wooden bridge was a large train trestle of the Clackamas & Eastern Railway which connected past Viola and served several sawmills and communities.

Horace Baker Log Cabin: Located on the south side of the Clackamas River, across from Carver, and managed by the Baker Cabin Historic Society, the original log cabin is restored and the site is maintained for historic interest. Horace Baker and Jane Hattan settled on the site after coming overland via the Oregon Trail and Barlow Road in 1846. Also on the historic site is the restored German Methodist Church, moved to this site in 1967 from Logan (roughly 6 miles east). The Pioneer Church, as it is now known, is used as a community meeting place and is rented for weddings and memorial events.
Several scenes from the 2008 movie Twilight were filmed in Carver: the meadow scene was filmed in Carver Park,{{Cite web|url=https://moviemaps.org/movies/2|title=Twilight filming locations — MovieMaps}} police chief Swan met with Bella for breakfast at the Carver Cafe,{{cite web |url=http://www.carvercafe.com/ |title=Home |website=carvercafe.com}} and the Stone Cliff Inn is the location where Edward revealed he was a vampire.{{cite web |url=http://www.stonecliffinn.com/ |title=Home |website=stonecliffinn.com}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160712034148/http://www.ci.damascus.or.us/ City of Damascus, Oregon]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070107211323/http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/ North Clackamas School District]

Category:Portland metropolitan area

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clackamas County, Oregon

Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon