Blue Heron Paper Company

The Blue Heron Paper Company was a paper mill at Willamette Falls in Oregon City, Oregon,[1][2] on the southeast bank of the river across from the Willamette Falls Paper Company, the T.W. Sullivan hydroelectric plant, and the Willamette Falls Locks and canal.

Blue Heron Paper Company
LocationOregon City, Oregon U.S.
Defunct2021

The confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde acquired control of the land in 2019 for $15.25 million, and are now planning a cultural and community center. Four other tribes cite ancestral connections to the area. Said Trustee Toby Patrick, "Money makes a huge difference in everything that we do, and it takes us away from who we truly are as Indian people, and how we survived before we had money. We had each other and that's how we survived."[3]

In 2021, a portion of the Oregon City mill was demolished[4][5] by descendants of the people who originally lived, fished, and communed at the waterfall. who are considering how to restore and rehabilitate the riverfront, which has been effectively inaccessible for more than 150 years.

References
  1. Eastman, Janet (6 December 2020). "Fire at former Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City to be investigated". The Oregonian.
  2. Powell, Meerah (5 December 2020). "Old Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City on fire". Oregon Public Broadcasting.
  3. Oregonian/OregonLive, Jamie Hale | The (2022-03-25). "Willamette Falls remains a place of spiritual, cultural importance for Northwest tribes". oregonlive. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  4. Hale, Jamie (22 September 2021). "Grand Ronde tribe reclaims Willamette Falls, as work begins to tear down Oregon City mill". The Oregonian.
  5. "Work begins at old Blue Heron mill site in Oregon City". KATU. 21 September 2021.
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