Cascades or The Cascades may refer to: * Cascades, a series of

waterfall A waterfall is a 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 several wa ...

Places

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 nam ...

, which includes much of the mountain range *

Cascades (conservation area) Cascades (conservation area) is an area in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests of western Virginia, United States, that has been recognized by the Wilderness Society as a special place worthy of protection from logging and road ...

, 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 componen ...

, a census-designated place *

Cascades Park (Tallahassee) Cascades Park is a park along the stream known as the St. Augustine Branch in Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, south of the Florida State Capitol. It is a National Register of Historic Places, Nationally Registered Historic Place becau ...

, a park in Florida *

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

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

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 ...

or "Cascade Falls", an area of rapids in the Columbia River in Oregon *

Cascade Volcanoes The Cascade Volcanoes (also known as the Cascade Volcanic Arc or the Cascade Arc) are a number of volcanoes in a volcanic arc in western North America, extending from southwestern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern Califo ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Monkman Falls is a waterfall on Monkman Creek in the Northern Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is one of a series of ten waterfalls on Monkman Creek known as "the Cascades". It is named for Alexander Monkman, a fur trader then based in th ...

Elsewhere

Cascades, Hong Kong The following is an overview of public housing estates in Quarry Hill and No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS), Flat-for-Sale ...

(), 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 Cascade Brewery is a brewery established in 1824 in South ...

, Australia, a suburb of Hobart *

Cascades Region Cascades 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 Burkinabé. The region's ...

, a region in Burkina Faso *

Yerevan Cascade The Cascade ( hy, Կասկադ, ''Kaskad'') is a giant stairway made of limestone in Yerevan, Armenia. It links the downtown Kentron area of Yerevan with the Monument neighborhood ( Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun districts). Designed by architects Jim ...

, a huge limestone stairway in Yerevan, Armenia

Businesses

Cascades (company) Cascades is a Canadian company that produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products composed mainly of recycled fibres. Cascades employs more than 11,700 people in more than 85 operating units in North America. It was founded in 1 ...

, a paper and packaging company headquartered in Quebec, Canada *

Cascades Shopping Centre Cascades Shopping Centre is an enclosed shopping centre in the city centre of Portsmouth on the South Coast of England. It has a wide range of High Street retailers, and its own multi-storey car park connecting straight into the malls by lifts a ...

, Portsmouth, UK

Music

Groups

* 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 junior 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 ...

, a DCI-affiliated junior drum and bugle corps *

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 U ...

, a 1960s pop group

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 ''Pagans in Vegas'' is the sixth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Metric, which was released on 18 September 2015. The first single, "The Shade", was released on 11 May 2015. "Cascades" was released as the second of the album on 2 June 201 ...

'' * "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 music, but their musical style has changed over the course of its existence. Ori ...

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

Scott Joplin Scott Joplin ( 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Because of the fame achieved for his ragtime compositions, he was dubbed the "King of Ragtime." During his career, he wrote over 40 original ragtime pieces, one ra ...

* "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 for the 54th Gramm ...

'' (2011)

Rail transportation

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

, 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 order ...

, 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 ...

, a defunct short railroad in Washington state, US

Other uses

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 celebrated architectural firm CZWG, and built in 1987–88. The building h ...

, a building in London, England *

Cascades FC Cascades Soccer club was a short lived soccer team which represented the workers of the Cascade Brewery in the Southern Premier league from 1931 until 1936. In the years before World War II it was common for companies to enter teams in local s ...

, a Tasmanian soccer club from 1931 to 1936 *

Cascades Female Factory The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in Hobart, Tasmania. Operational between 1828 and 1856, the factory is now one of the 11 sites that collective ...

, 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 Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...

, a branch campus in Bend, Oregon, US * 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