Canyon Drive-In
SW Canyon Road,
Beaverton,
OR
97005
SW Canyon Road,
Beaverton,
OR
97005
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The Canyon Drive-In opened in 1949. The operators that year were J.H. Sheffield and William Sinclair. Car capacity at that time was 500 although the car capacity is given as 300 in later years. I don’t know when the Canyon Drive-In closed but it is still listed in the 1985 IMPA. Operator given for that year is A.W. Adamson.
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This site has a topo map showing where the drive-in was located.
Back in the 50’s and 60’s, we used to drive from the Capitol Hill/Burlingame area, westbound, down the Bertha-Beaverton Highway, (Hwy 10), now called the Beaverton Hillsdale Highway and the entrance to the Canyon Drive In was/is now actually the north entrance to Hwy 217! All one has to do is figure out when they designed the freeway, demolished the surrounding businesses and constructed Hwy 217 to figure out the basic closing date of the drive-in. My gut says the very late 60’s/early 70’s. I’d love to see some old photos! I’ll keep looking!
Jim K
Portland, Oregon
(January 13, 2001)
I do have one of their speakers tho! I “acquired†it many, many years ago!
J
The Canyon drive in was first (1950’s) on land between Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy & Canyon Rd (near present day Fred Meyer store). It then moved across to the north side of Canyon Rd (near a mobile home park). There is a shopping complex on that site now. The theater was gone by mid 1970’s.
Approx. addresses for this drive-in were 1) 11705 Southwest Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy. 2) 3800 SW Lombard Ave.
The Canyon Drive-in was around until at least the early 80s. I remember seeing USED CARS on the marquee.