"...a free ferry at Claremont took cars across the river to the City of St. Johns."

March 23, 2020

Having a little trouble quickly locating Claremont and the ferry location right now. I'll add more information to the site when I have more time to tumble down that rabbit hole! For now, I am assuming it is part of Linnton.

"In 1841, James John set out across the plains to California with General John Bidwell. John came to Oregon in 1843 and settled at Linnton. Several years later, he moved to the site of the town that bears his name. He began operating a ferry there in 1852."

"In 1852 [James John] began the ferry run to Linnton with one rowboat, a ferry run which in 1931 would be replaced by the St. Johns Bridge."

All that is old is new again...

The ferry idea calls for a roughly 100- to 149-person vessel that would transport passengers from Vancouver to downtown Portland. That trip would take roughly 38 minutes, with a shorter commute on the way back to Washington, given that the Willamette River flows north. Bladholm envisions a “scalable” approach that would potentially add up to 9 stations along the route, with stops in St. Johns, Sellwood, and potentially suburban points to the south like Milwaukie, Lake Oswego and Oregon City.

A ferry from Cathedral Park in St. Johns to downtown would take 16 minutes.

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