Tomahawk Island (Portland, Oregon)

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  Tsarevna (guest)

  In the early 1930's, Tomahawk Island was known as Lotus Isle, after the name of an amusement park situated there. It closed after just a few years of operation, mainly due to competition from Jantzen Beach's amusement park. Some structures, such as the carousel, were sold and moved, others were burned after the bankruptcy. Today Portland maintains a picnic park at the site, and from it you can still see the pilings of the 700' trestle that once took streetcars to Hayden Island, and from there, to Vancouver.

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