Charbonneau Golf Club
Wilsonville, Clackamas County, Oregon · Portland Metro golf market
- Access
- semi private
- Holes
- 27
- Architect(s)
- Ted Robinson Sr.
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Charbonneau is a 1972-79 planned-unit development on the south side of the Willamette River in Wilsonville, Clackamas County, built by developer Willamette Factors on 477 acres of former farmland. Its golf course -- designed by Ted Robinson Sr., with the first 18 holes opening in 1973 and a third nine added in 1979 -- was included directly to satisfy Clackamas County's mandated 25% open-space requirement for the PUD, making the course structurally inseparable from the community's original design rather than an amenity added later. Today the district holds roughly 1,627 residential units spanning single-family homes, condominiums, townhomes, gated executive estates, an assisted-living center, and apartments.\n\nEvery household in the district is a mandatory member of 'Charbonneau Country Club,' which this research confirms is the master homeowners association for the entire district (not the golf club) -- dues fund the community clubhouse, main-thoroughfare landscaping, and nightly security patrols. The golf course itself is owned and operated by a legally separate for-profit corporation, Charbonneau Golf Club, Inc., which the HOA owns; the course was purchased by that corporation for $2,723,000 in 1990 and operates today as a semi-private, 27-hole facility (three nine-hole loops -- Red, Yellow, and Green) requiring its own paid annual membership or green fees, separate from HOA dues. This structural distinction -- a mandatory, formally incorporated residential HOA built directly around a golf course as its centerpiece amenity, with golf access itself sold separately -- is the qualifying signal here, and it is a materially more concrete and better-documented residential-integration story than any other candidate researched in this Portland Metro batch.
Golf & Course
A 27-hole facility (Red, Yellow, and Green nines, four par-4s and five par-3s each) designed by Ted Robinson Sr., with the first 18 holes opening in 1973 and the third nine added in 1979, built specifically to satisfy Clackamas County's PUD open-space mandate for the surrounding Charbonneau development. The Charbonneau Golf Club, Inc. corporation (owned by the community HOA) purchased the course and driving range for $2,723,000 in 1990.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
The golf course is semi-private: member clubs receive reserved tee times, but the course also operates as a public facility taking outside play. Golf membership is sold separately from HOA membership, via annual tiers (7-day unlimited at $160/month or $1,920/year; 5-day weekday-only at $130/month or $1,560/year, per the club's own current rate page) with a minimum 12-month commitment. Mandatory HOA ('Charbonneau Country Club') membership, required of all 1,627 district households, does not itself include golf playing privileges.
Living in Charbonneau Golf Club
Charbonneau is one of Oregon's earliest large planned communities, with housing ranging from condos and townhomes to waterfront properties and gated executive estates, all organized under one mandatory master HOA whose name ('Charbonneau Country Club') is easily -- but incorrectly -- read as implying bundled golf membership.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Beyond golf, the district's amenities include a tennis club, a marina on the Willamette River, and a commercial/business center with restaurants, all supported by mandatory HOA dues; golf itself remains a separate paid product.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located within Wilsonville city limits on the south side of the Willamette River, in Clackamas County -- Wilsonville as a whole spans both Clackamas and Washington counties, but this research confirms (via the community's own history page referencing Clackamas County's PUD open-space requirement) that the Charbonneau district specifically sits within Clackamas County.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Annual dues
Current$1,920
Highest documented 18-hole annual membership tier (7-day/unlimited) is $160/month or $1,920 annually; a 5-day (Mon-Fri, excludes holidays) tier is $130/month or $1,560 annually, per the golf club's own current membership-program page. This is the separate, optional GOLF membership fee -- distinct from mandatory HOA dues paid by all 1,627 district households, which were not confirmed this session.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current mandatory HOA dues directly with the Charbonneau Country Club HOA -- not found this session.
- Confirm whether district residents receive any preferential rate for golf club membership versus outside players -- not found this session.
- Resolve the age-restriction question directly: sources conflict on whether the broader 1,627-unit district is all-ages with a small age-55+ subsection (SpringRidge), or itself age-restricted -- treated here as all-ages per Wikipedia's housing-mix description, but flagged as unresolved.
- Confirm gated status of specific enclaves (e.g. the 'gated executive estates' housing type) versus the district as a whole, which is not confirmed gated.
Notable
- The golf course was built directly to satisfy Clackamas County's mandated 25% open-space requirement for the Charbonneau planned-unit development -- it is structurally original to the community's design, not an amenity added afterward.
- The community-wide HOA, 'Charbonneau Country Club,' is a legally distinct entity from the golf course operator, 'Charbonneau Golf Club, Inc.' -- a genuine entity-identity distinction this research confirmed was easy to miss given the shared 'Charbonneau' branding.
- At roughly 1,627 residential units, this is the largest single planned community found in this Portland Metro research batch.
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