Mill Creek (Marion County, Oregon)

Mill Creek
Mill Creek flowing through Turner
Origin	Silver Falls State Park
Mouth	Willamette River
Basin area	110 square miles (70,000 acres)

Mill Creek is a tributary of the Willamette River whose watershed drains a 110-square-mile (280 km²) area of Marion County, Oregon, United States.^[1] It passes through the cities of Aumsville, Stayton, Sublimity, and Turner before emptying into the Willamette in Salem.^[1] The creek originates on the south edge of Silver Falls State Park.^[2]

Salem's first gristmill and sawmill were built on the creek in 1840-1841 by members of the Oregon Mission.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Friends of Mill Creek". Salem-Keizer Urban Watershed Council's Association. http://www.open.org/~h2osheds/mill_creek.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-31. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ ^{a b} "The Creeks of Salem". Salem Online History. http://www.salemhistory.net/natural_history/salems_creeks.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

External links

• Marion County Mill Creek Watershed Restoration Projects

Coordinates: 44°57′06″N 123°02′13″W / 44.95167°N 123.03694°W / 44.95167; -123.03694