Pelican City, Oregon

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Pelican City, Oregon
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Pelican City
Coordinates: 42°15′12″N121°47′50″W / 42.25333°N 121.79722°W / 42.25333; -121.79722
Country United States
State Oregon
County Klamath
Elevation
4,229 ft (1,289 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1136619 [1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System [1]

Pelican City is an unincorporated community in Klamath County in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] It lies along U.S. Route 97 just north of the city of Klamath Falls near the south end of Upper Klamath Lake and the upstream end of the Link River. [2]

The community is named after the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, which had a mill here. [3] Pelican Bay is part of the same lake but at its far northwest end. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pelican City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 70. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 750. ISBN   978-0875952772.