Klaskanine River

Klaskanine River
Klaskanine River is located in Oregon
Klaskanine River
Location of the mouth of Klaskanine 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 Klaskanine and the Clatskanie[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyClatsop County
Physical characteristics
SourceNorthern Oregon Coast Range
 • locationClatsop County, Oregon
 • coordinates46°05′24″N 123°44′48″W / 46.09000°N 123.74667°W / 46.09000; -123.74667[1]
 • elevation30 ft (9.1 m)[3]
MouthYoungs River
 • location
near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
 • coordinates
46°05′33″N 123°46′33″W / 46.09250°N 123.77583°W / 46.09250; -123.77583[1]
 • elevation
3 ft (0.91 m)[1]

The Klaskanine River is a tributary of the Youngs River, approximately 16 miles (26 km) long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a small section of the Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of the state in the watershed of the nearby Columbia River.

It rises in three short forks in the mountains in central Clatsop County, in the Clatsop State Forest north of Saddle Mountain State Natural Area. The Middle Fork joins the North Fork, which then joins the South Fork. The combined stream flows generally northwest and enters the Youngs River from the east approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Astoria.

  1. ^ a b c "Klaskanine River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition. 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.