The Willamette Water Trail website has one of the best digital maps I’ve seen. You can view every boat ramp, campsite and river access point, along with the distance between them.

Volunteers paddled a stretch of the river near the Beltline overpass, pulling trash from shorelines, back eddies and the ...

A man died by drowning in the Willamette River at West Linn on Friday afternoon, according to the Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue.

The Lane County Sheriff's Office said a man died Saturday afternoon while kayaking on the Willamette River downriver from the Middle Fork Boat Launch. The kayak flipped about 4:30 p.m. after ...

ICYMI: Guide to floating the Willamette River near Salem Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. With a 4- and 6- year-old in tow, I floated from Wheatland Ferry boat ramp to San ...

We Bar-Crawled the Willamette River By Boat A surprising number of Portland bars are accessible from docks along the shoreline.

There's still time to get on the Willamette River at Dundee. The is open weekends until the weather turns in fall. The launch is in Yamhill County, but it can be a good place for Washington County ...

This summer, start your day off with a lap across the Willamette River with a pod of open water enthusiasts known as the ...

A boat ran over two young men as they were tubing on the Willamette River in Newberg Monday afternoon, the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office said.

View full size Rick Bella/The Oregonian Neighbors survey a 48-foot yacht that ran aground Monday on the shore of the Willamette River near Oak Grove.

One of the appealing things about the Willamette River and its tributaries is the accessibility via multiple greenway areas, parks and other open areas along with boat ramps and launch sites for ...