Comcomly / Indian Burial Canoe

Historical marker location:

Astoria, Oregon

( Marker can be reached from Coxcomb Drive, 0.7 miles 15th Street.)

c. 1765-1830.

The city of Portland, Oregon was named after Portland, Maine. The city's founder, Asa Lovejoy, had lived in Portland, Maine and wanted to name the new settlement after his former hometown.