The Wallooskee River (also known as the Walluski 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.
| Wallooskee River | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of the Wallooskee River in Oregon | |
| Etymology | Wallooska, who in 1851 was the sole surviving member of a small band of Chinookan Indians who lived nearby[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Clatsop County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Northern Oregon Coast Range |
| • location | Clatsop County, Oregon |
| • coordinates | 46°06′29″N 123°40′29″W / 46.10806°N 123.67472°W[1] |
| • elevation | 886 ft (270 m)[3] |
| Mouth | Youngs River |
• location | near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 46°08′49″N 123°48′40″W / 46.14694°N 123.81111°W[1] |
• elevation | 3 ft (0.91 m)[1] |
| Length | 10 mi (16 km) |
It rises southwest of Astoria in a northern Clatsop County at 46°06′29″N 123°40′29″W / 46.108165°N 123.674857°W. It flows generally west in a winding course. About a mile (1.6 km) 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 miles (3.2 km) south of Astoria.
Walluski
editThe name of the river was formerly spelled "Walluski" but the Board on Geographic Names changed it to "Wallooskee" in 1975.[1] Although there is not a formal settlement by the name of Walluski, Oregon, the Olney-Walluski area is considered a community by local residents and the Walluski area was a census precinct as recently as 1950.[4][5] As of 1892, there was a Walluski School.[6] The school was located near Oregon State University's John Jacob Astor Agricultural Experiment Station, that was later used as the Clatsop Community College farm and today is the site of the Clatsop County Fairgrounds.[7][8]
There is also a Walluski soil series named for the area.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Wallooskee River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Olney Walluski Fire & Rescue". Astoria Dispatch 911. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions". Census of Population: 1950: Number of Inhabitants. United States Census Bureau. p. 14. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ Cleveland, Alfred A. (March 1903). "Educational History of Astoria". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 4 (1). Oregon Historical Society: 30. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Walluski School Burns". The Sunday Oregonian. September 25, 1921. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "About". Clatsop County Fair & Expo Center. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Walluski Series". National Cooperative Soil Survey. November 16, 2014.