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Silver Falls, shiny and new

New trail offers view ‘unlike any other’ at Silver Falls State Park
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The North Canyon Trailhead at the North Canyon Day Use Area. | Photo by Oregon State Parks
You can see one of Oregon’s most popular waterfalls from a new perspective the next time you visit Silver Falls State Park.

A new hiking trail and day-use area opened last week on the north side of the park near Silverton off Highway 214. The additions mark the first completed phase in a major expansion at the popular destination that’s estimated to cost $12 million.

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The new trail was built with support from volunteers and donations to Oregon State Parks.

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Photo by Oregon State Parks

The new North Canyon Day Use Area has room for 59 vehicles at any given time and offers a restroom, picnic tables, and a string of outdoor play areas designed in harmony with the natural setting. If you can’t find any signs pointing out its existence, that’s because there aren’t any — yet. Highway signs are expected to be installed this fall, but the lack of posted information hasn’t stopped people from finding it. The lot was reportedly full the first weekend after it opened.

From the North Canyon Day Use Area, guests can pick up the new North Rim Trail. The half-mile route leads to a new viewpoint over North Falls. Park manager Chris Gilliand told the Statesman Journal the vista is “unlike any other waterfall view in the park.” The trail is ADA-accessible and made of compacted gravel specifically designed for those who use mobility devices.

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A view of North Falls from the Trail of Ten Falls.

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Photo by Cambrie Juarez, PDXtoday

Hikers can also use a dirt path at the end of North Rim Trail to connect with the existing North Falls Trailhead, which leads to the Trail of Ten Falls. You can find the new North Canyon lot by continuing half a mile north of the North Falls Trailhead on Hwy. 214, then turning left on an access road that leads to the day-use area.
 
Events
Wednesday, July 26
  • Music on Main: She’s Speaking | Wednesday, July 26 | 5 p.m. | Southwest Main Street between Broadway and Park Avenue, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland | Free | Seven female songwriters representing a diverse range of backgrounds and genres, including LaRhonda Steele and Arietta Ward, will perform songs about the women who inspire them.
Thursday, July 27
  • Newberg Old Fashioned Festival | Thursday, July 27-Sunday, July 30 | Times vary | Locations vary, Newberg | Free | See a fleet of antique firetrucks, watch a parade, shop vendor booths, enter the pet costume contest, take in live performances and a fireworks show, enjoy a classic carnival, join a 5k, and more.
Friday, July 28
  • Brit Floyd: 50 Years of Dark Side | Friday, July 28 | 7:30 p.m. | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland | $37.25-$57.75 | The Pink Floyd tribute band will put on a new show celebrating the golden jubilee of the “The Dark Side of the Moon” album.
Saturday, July 29
  • Peninsula Crossing Trail Stroll and Roll | Saturday, July 29 | 8:30-10:30 a.m. | Northgate Park Main Entrance, North Geneva Avenue and Fessenden Street, Portland | Free | Stroll or roll with your friends and family down a mile-long route along the newly improved Peninsula Crossing Trail.
  • Ghosts of Summer | Saturday, July 29-Sunday, July 30 | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland | $14-$40 | Halloween is less than 100 days away, witch means the countdown is on for fans of the spookiest season — but if you just can’t wait that long, then go and haunt this themed convention.
  • “Captain Nick & the Explorer Society: Compass of Mems” Book Launch Party | Saturday, July 29 | 12:30-4:30 p.m. | Trackers Earth at Lloyd Center, 2201 Lloyd Center, Portland | Free | Celebrate the end of a month-long geocache hunt and Tracers Earth’s first graphic novel co-published with Dark Horse Comics by joining family-friendly activities, archery, ax throwing, food, and more.
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News Notes
Traffic
  • Be prepared for longer-than-usual delays if you’re driving on Highway 217 south of Portland. ODOT said work to install safety shoulders and auxiliary lanes will clog traffic merging from northbound I-5 to 217 through Monday, July 31. It’s the latest phase in the highway project that’s expected to last through 2025. (KOIN)
Sports
  • The Rose City Renegades are practicing and raising money to compete in the 2024 National Championships for power soccer — the only competitive sport for power wheelchair users. To qualify, the local team, founded in 2016, will need to play at least eight games and the nearest power soccer teams are in California. (KGW)
Pets
  • Cat owners, your chance to get first-hand inspiration for your outdoor cat enclosure project is coming up. The 11th Annual Catio Tour will be held Saturday, Sept. 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with ticketed in-person and virtual options. A seventh tour site will showcase affordable, portable catio options.
Award
  • The executive director of Friends of Tryon Creek, Gabe Sheoships, has received a 2023 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award for his work in “Portland’s Indigenous community as an environmental steward, a mentor, an educator, and a changemaker.” Sheoships is Cayuse and Walla Walla and also co-founded the Oregon Land Justice Project.
Cause
  • Several downtown Portland hotels are teaming up with SOLVE Oregon to carry out “one of the largest city-wide cleanup events Portland has seen” on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Register online to help pick up litter, report graffiti for removal, and more at one of 12 locations starting at 9 a.m.
Community
  • The Belmont Goats might get some royal new digs. The non-profit group that manages the herd of goats, which recently relocated from city-owned land in North Portland, are crowdfunding to purchase an “oasis” where the public can spend time with the animals. They’re “dreaming the impossible” by considering Blackberry Castle. (KOIN)
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Festival

🧜 Part of our world

Portlandia Mermaid Parade & Festival to bring undersea fun to dry land
Three women wearing mermaid tails, shells, and brightly colored maritime accessories sit on the side of a parade float covered in ocean-themed items.
Floating by on a parade float is an excellent mode of transportation when you have fins instead of legs. | Photo by Una the Mermaid
Local merfolk will soon join Portlanders up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun. The Portlandia Mermaid Parade & Festival returns for a seventh year of colorful, sea-themed fun for all ages this Saturday, July 29.

Hosted by local entertainer and professional mermaid Una, this year’s event shell-abrates the art of drag in honor of the late Darcelle XV. The event’s website states that challenging conventional norms by donning tails, shells, glitter, and wigs is rooted in drag and “serves as a meaningful form of creative expression for many.”

Opening ceremonies begin at 12:30 p.m. at the Japanese Historical Plaza at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The parade starts at 2 p.m. and will follow the waterfront to Poet’s Beach.

Want to dive in? Merfolk ages 18 and up can register by Friday, July 28, to compete in the Merfolk Drag Race Competition taking place during the opening ceremony.
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One thing I’ve been wanting to do for a while is join a Secret Roller Disco event — even though I haven’t used roller skates/blades in a regrettably long time. You can join the group’s next free community get-together tomorrow, July 27, to roll around the South Waterfront from 7 to 9 p.m. All wheels are welcome and this week’s theme is “Island Style.”
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