Wallooskee River

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
EtymologyWallooska, who in 1851 was the sole surviving member of a small band of Chinookan Indians who lived nearby[1]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyClatsop County
Physical characteristics
SourceNorthern Oregon Coast Range
 • locationClatsop County, Oregon
 • coordinates46°06′29″N 123°40′29″W[2]
 • elevation886 ft (270 m)[3]
MouthYoungs River
 • location
near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
 • coordinates
46°08′49″N 123°48′40″W[2]
 • elevation
3 ft (0.91 m)[2]
Length10 mi (16 km)

It rises southwest of Astoria in a northern Clatsop County at 46.108165°N 123.674857°W / 46.108165; -123.674857 (Wallooskee River source). It flows generally west in a winding course. About a mile before its mouth, it receives the Little Wallooskee River from the right at 46.1423303°N 123.780417°W / 46.1423303; -123.780417 (Little Wallooskee River mouth) which flows about 2 miles (3.2 km) from its source at 46.1395532°N 123.735971°W / 46.1395532; -123.735971 (Little Wallooskee River source). The Wallooskee enters Youngs River from the east at the south end of Youngs Bay, approximately 2 mi (3 km) south of Astoria.

Walluski

The name of the river was formerly spelled "Walluski" but the Board on Geographic Names changed it to "Wallooskee" in 1975.[2] 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

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Wallooskee River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  3. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. "Olney Walluski Fire & Rescue". Astoria Dispatch 911. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  5. "Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions". Census of Population: 1950: Number of Inhabitants. United States Census Bureau. p. 14. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  6. Cleveland, Alfred A. (March 1903). "Educational History of Astoria". Oregon Historical Quarterly. Oregon Historical Society. 4 (1): 30. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  7. "Walluski School Burns". The Sunday Oregonian. September 25, 1921. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  8. "About". Clatsop County Fair & Expo Center. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  9. "Walluski Series". National Cooperative Soil Survey. November 16, 2014.
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