Skipanon River

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Skipanon River
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Location of the mouth of Skipanon River in Oregon
EtymologyA Clatsop Indian word, Skippernawin referred to a point at the mouth of the stream [1]
Location
Country United States
State Oregon
County Clatsop County
Physical characteristics
SourceN. Oregon coastal foothills & Cullaby Lake
 - location Clatsop County, Oregon
 - coordinates 46°05′39″N123°54′32″W / 46.09417°N 123.90889°W / 46.09417; -123.90889 [2]
 - elevation50 ft (15 m) [3]
Mouth Columbia River
 - location Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon
 - coordinates 46°10′9″N123°55′37″W / 46.16917°N 123.92694°W / 46.16917; -123.92694 Coordinates: 46°10′9″N123°55′37″W / 46.16917°N 123.92694°W / 46.16917; -123.92694 [2]
 - elevation.5 ft (0.15 m) [2]
Length7 mi (11 km)

The Skipanon River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 7 miles (11 km) long, on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It is the last tributary of the Columbia on the Oregon side, draining an area of coastal bottom land bordered by sand dunes and entering the river from the south at its mouth west of Astoria.

Columbia River river in North America; flows from British Columbia, through Washington, and along the Washington–Oregon border to the Pacific Ocean

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The Skipanon River issues from Cullaby Lake in western Clatsop County, northeast of Seaside and less than 3 miles (4.8 km) from the ocean. It flows north parallel to the coast and east of U.S. Route 101. It enters the northwest end of Youngs Bay at the mouth of the Columbia approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Warrenton. The mouth of the river is at river mile 10.7 miles (17.2 km) of the Columbia upstream from its mouth.

Cullaby Lake lake of the United States of America

Cullaby Lake is a lake near Warrenton, Oregon, United States. It is the central feature of Cullaby Lake County Park, and one of the major lakes of Clatsop Plains.

Clatsop County, Oregon county in Oregon, USA

Clatsop County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,039. The county seat is Astoria. The county is named for the Clatsop tribe of Native Americans, who lived along the coast of the Pacific Ocean prior to European settlement.

Seaside, Oregon City in Oregon, United States

Seaside is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. The name Seaside is derived from Seaside House, a historic summer resort built in the 1870s by railroad magnate Ben Holladay. The city's population was 6,457 at the 2010 census.

The river's name comes from the Clatsop language, originally referring to a point at the river's mouth rather than the river itself. The charts of the Lewis and Clark Expedition show the stream as Skipanarwin Creek. Another variant spelling, Skeppernawin, was common on maps into the 20th century. [1]

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States. It began near St. Louis, made its way westward, and passed through the Continental Divide of the Americas to reach the Pacific coast. The Corps of Discovery was a selected group of US Army volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark.

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References

  1. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 773. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  2. 1 2 3 "Skipanon River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  3. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
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