Biohazard Cleanup Near Sunriver Historic District Sunriver, OR

Sunriver is a census-designated place and 3,300-acre planned residential and resort community in Deschutes County, Oregon, with a population of 2,023 at the 2020 census, up from 1,393 in 2010.

Sunriver lies on the eastern side of the Deschutes River, about fifteen miles south of Bend at the base of the Cascade Range, and is part of the Bend Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The site was Camp Abbot, a U.S. Army combat engineer training center established in December 1942 and closed in June 1944, which trained more than 90,000 combat engineers.

Camp Abbot was named for Brigadier General Henry Larcom Abbot, who had led a Pacific Railway Survey party through the area in 1855.

After the war, most of the camp was razed, and in 1965 John Gray and Donald McCallum obtained the land for development, forming Sunriver Properties.

The first home in Sunriver was sold in June 1968, and the Sunriver Lodge, stables, Meadows Golf Course, and an airstrip were built as the resort took shape.

The Great Hall, built as Camp Abbot's officers' mess hall, is the only original structure from the camp still standing.

Sunriver has 4,175 residences, consisting of privately-owned homes and condominium units, and is essentially self-governing through the Sunriver Owners Association, with its own public works department and budget.

During peak vacation season, Sunriver's population can swell to more than 20,000.

Sunriver consists of residential homesites and common areas, recreational facilities, the Sunriver Resort, and a commercial development known as The Village at Sunriver.