Wallooskee River
| Wallooskee River | |
| Name origin: Wallooska, who in 1851 was the sole surviving member of a small band of Chinookan Indians who lived nearby[1] | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
| County | Clatsop County |
| Source | Northern Oregon Coast Range |
| - elevation | 886 ft (270 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | 46°06′29″N 123°40′29″W / 46.10806°N 123.67472°W [3] |
| Mouth | Youngs River |
| - location | near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon |
| - elevation | 3 ft (1 m) [3] |
| - coordinates | 46°08′49″N 123°48′40″W / 46.14694°N 123.81111°W [3] |
| Length | 10 mi (16 km) |
  Location of the mouth of the Wallooskee River in Oregon
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The Wallooskee River is a tributary of the Youngs River, about 10 miles (16 km) long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a small area of the foothills of the Coast Range near the mouth of the Columbia River. The Youngs River is a tributary of the Columbia River.
It rises southwest of Astoria in a northern Clatsop County at 46°06′29″N 123°40′29″W / 46.1081652°N 123.6748571°W. It flows generally west in a winding course. About a mile before its mouth, it receives the Little Wallooskee River from the right at 46°08′32″N 123°46′50″W / 46.1423303°N 123.780417°W which flows about 2 miles (3.2 km) from its source at 46°08′22″N 123°44′09″W / 46.1395532°N 123.735971°W. The Wallooskee enters Youngs River from the east at the south end of Youngs Bay, approximately 2 mi (3 km) south of Astoria.
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[edit] References
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 1005. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ a b c "Wallooskee River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1128610. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
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