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Little Clatskanie River

Coordinates: 45°59′19″N 123°02′20″W / 45.98861°N 123.03889°W / 45.98861; -123.03889
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Little Clatskanie River
Little Clatskanie River is located in Oregon
Little Clatskanie River
Location of the mouth of the Little Clatskanie River in Oregon
EtymologyAn Indian word, Tlats-kani, referring to a point in the Nehalem Valley but applied by whites to two rivers in the area, the Clatskanie and the Klaskanine[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyColumbia County
Physical characteristics
SourceNorthern Oregon Coast Range
 • locationSarafin Point, Columbia County, Oregon
 • coordinates45°54′35″N 122°59′40″W / 45.90972°N 122.99444°W / 45.90972; -122.99444[1]
 • elevation1,245 ft (379 m)[3]
MouthClatskanie River
 • location
near Apiary, Columbia County, Oregon
 • coordinates
45°59′19″N 123°02′20″W / 45.98861°N 123.03889°W / 45.98861; -123.03889[1]
 • elevation
620 ft (190 m)[1]

The Little Clatskanie River is a short tributary of the Clatskanie River in Columbia County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins near Sarafin Point in the Northern Oregon Coast Range northwest of St. Helens and flows generally north to meet the larger stream near the unincorporated community of Apiary. The mouth of the Little Clatskanie is about 16 miles (26 km) from the main stem Clatskanie's confluence with the Columbia River. The Little Clatskanie has no named tributaries.[4]

According to Fishing in Oregon, the entire Clatskanie system supports a population of resident cutthroat trout.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Little Clatskanie River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names (seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 206–07 and 542–43. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. ^ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 23, 2015 – via Acme Mapper. The map includes mile markers along the Clatskanie River.
  5. ^ Sheehan, Madelynne Diness (2005). Fishing in Oregon: The Complete Oregon Fishing Guide (10th ed.). Scappoose, Oregon: Flying Pencil Publications. p. 10. ISBN 0-916473-15-5.