Row River

Row River

The Row River is a river, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It rises in the Cascade Range and flows into the Coast Fork Willamette River near Cottage Grove. The stream was originally known as the "East Fork Coast Fork", but was later renamed after a between neighbors and brothers-in-law George Clark and Joseph Southwell over "trespassing" livestock. cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = 828 ] Clark was killed as a result of the row. The name rhymes with "cow" rather than with "slow". A post office named Row River operated from 1911 to 1914 a little north of the present site of Dorena at coord|43.7401232|-122.8803469.

The Row River drains a portion of the Umpqua National Forest on the west face of the central Oregon Cascades between Cottage Grove and Oakridge. The headwaters are near the unincorporated community of Disston where Layng Creek and Brice Creek join at coord|43.70331|-122.77093|display=inline,title. The river flows predominately westward. Approximately two miles (3 km) from its source, the Row passes over 15 ft (4 m) "Wildwood Falls", a popular swimming area. [ [http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/waterfall.php?num=1918&p=0 Wildwood Falls | Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest ] ] A quarter mile (500 m) later it passes through Lasells D. Steward Park, and a mile later (1.6 km) through the community of Culp Creek. The Row River canyon arcs to the right over the next few miles, until the river flows almost directly northward when it passes through Dorena. About a half mile later, it bends sharply westward, then northwesterly and enters a plain where it is impounded by Dorena Dam to form Dorena Lake. The dam is almost seven river miles above the junction with the Coast Fork Willamette River.

ee also

* List of rivers in Oregon

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