Cascades or The Cascades may refer to:

Places

North America

Cascade Range The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington (state), Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as m ...

or Cascades, a mountain range in the Pacific Northwest of North America *

Cascades (ecoregion) The Cascades ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and California. Somewhat smaller than the Cascade mountain range for which it is ...

, which includes much of the Cascade Range in the Pacific Northwest of North America * Cascades (conservation area), a wildland in western Virginia *

Cascades, Virginia Cascades is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 11,912. Along with nearby Countryside and Lowes Island, it is considered one of the three main compo ...

, a census-designated place * Cascades Park (Tallahassee), a park in Florida **

Cascades Rapids The Cascades Rapids (sometimes called Cascade Falls or Cascades of the Columbia) were an area of rapids along North America's Columbia River, between the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. Through a stretch approximately wide, the river dr ...

or "Cascade Falls", an area of rapids in the Columbia River in Oregon for which the mountain range was named *

Cascade Volcanoes The Cascade Volcanoes (also known as the Cascade Volcanic Arc or the Cascade Arc) are a number of volcanoes in a continental volcanic arc in western North America, extending from southwestern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to No ...

, a geological grouping of volcanoes, including those in the Cascade Range and some in the Coast Mountains *

Fort Cascades Fort Cascades was a United States Army fort constructed in 1855 to protect the portage road around the final section of the Cascades Rapids, known as the "lower cascades." It was built on the Washington side of the Columbia River, between the pr ...

, a US Army fort in what is now Washington state (1855–1861) * "The Cascades", a series of ten waterfalls on Monkman Creek in the Northern Rockies of British Columbia, Canada, including Monkman Falls

Elsewhere

* Cascades, Hong Kong, a housing estate *

Cascades, Tasmania Cascades is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately west of the city centre, in the foothills of Mount Wellington. It is the location of the Cascade Brewery The Cascade Brewery is a brewery established in 1824 in Sout ...

, Australia, a suburb of Hobart *

Cascades Region Cascades (, "waterfalls") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Cascades was 812,062 in 2019. It is the second least populous region in Burkina Faso and contains 3.96% of all Burkinab ...

, a region in Burkina Faso * The Cascades (waterfall), on the Waitākere River, West Auckland, New Zealand

Businesses

Cascades (company) Cascades Inc. is a Canadian company that produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products composed mainly of recycled fibres. Cascades employs around 10,000 people in more than 70 operating units in North America. It was founded i ...

, a paper and packaging company headquartered in Quebec, Canada * Cascades Shopping Centre, Portsmouth, UK

Music

Groups

The Cascades (band) The Cascades was an American vocal group best known for the single " Rhythm of the Rain", recorded in 1962, an international hit the following year. Career In 1960, the Silver Strands were a group of United States Navy personnel serving on the ...

, a 1960s pop group * Ronnie & the Hi-Lites, a group originally called The Cascades *

Seattle Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps The Seattle Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive drum and bugle corps. Based in Seattle, Washington, the Cascades is a member corps of Drum Corps International. History The all-male Greenwood Boys Club Drum and Bugle Corps ...

, a DCI-affiliated junior drum and bugle corps

Albums and songs

* ''Cascades'' (EP), by Jean-Michel Blais and CFCF * ''Cascades'' (Marilyn Crispell album), and title track, 1995 * "Cascades", a song by Metric from '' Pagans in Vegas'' * "Cascades: I'm not your lover", a song from English rock band

Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical style has varied throughout their career. Originally for ...

* "The Cascades" (rag), a 1904 ragtime composition by

Scott Joplin Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the ...

* "The Cascades", a Fleet Foxes song on ''

Helplessness Blues ''Helplessness Blues'' is the second studio album by American band Fleet Foxes, released on May 3, 2011, by Sub Pop and Bella Union. The album received universal acclaim from critics, going on to be nominated for Best Folk Album at the 54th Annu ...

'' (2011)

Rail transportation

Amtrak Cascades The Amtrak ''Cascades'' is a passenger train route in the Pacific Northwest, operated by Amtrak in partnership with the U.S. states of Washington (state), Washington and Oregon. It is named after the Cascade Range, Cascade mountain range that ...

, a US passenger train route *

Cascades MAX Station Cascades is a light rail train station in the MAX Light Rail system. It is served by the Red Line and is located in Portland, Oregon; it is the third stop north on the Airport MAX section. When the line first opened, trains paused here in ord ...

, a light rail station, Portland, Oregon, US *

Cascades Railroad The Cascades Railroad ran for about on the north bank of the Columbia River around the Cascades Rapids. The owner was the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. The railroad operated as a portage around the rapids. History Francis A. Chenoweth built ...

, a defunct short railroad in Washington state, US

Other uses

* Cascades, a series of

waterfall A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...

s * The Cascades, a terminus of the

Los Angeles Aqueduct The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system, built and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The Owens Valley ...

, US *

Cascades, Isle of Dogs Cascades Tower is a 20-storey residential building and a distinctive local landmark on the Isle of Dogs in East London. It was designed by Rex Wilkinson, a partner in the architectural firm CZWG, and built in 1987–88. The building has a conc ...

, a building in London, England * Cascades FC, a Tasmanian soccer club from 1931 to 1936 * Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in Hobart, Tasmania *

Oregon State University Cascades Campus Oregon ( , ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much ...

, a branch campus in Bend, Oregon, US