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The Chetco River is a 56-mile-long (90 km) stream located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately 352 square miles (912 km 2) of Curry County. Flowing through a rugged and isolated coastal region, it descends rapidly from about 3,200 feet (975 m) to sea level at the Pacific Ocean.
The Little Chetco River is a tributary of the Chetco River in Curry County in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] Its headwaters lie in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness near the border with Josephine County west of Cave Junction. It flows generally northwest through the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest in the Klamath Mountains. [3]
The name Chetco comes from the word meaning "close to the mouth of the Chetco River" in their own language, which is part of the Athapascan languages. [2] Although they were once one of the largest tribes on the Pacific coast of Oregon, "the last known full-blooded Chetco" living on the Chetco River (Lucy Dick) died in 1940.
Coast Guard Station Chetco River: Harbor: 1961 Active No N/A 12th Unknown [384] Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) Coos Bay: Coos Bay: 1976 Unknown [385] Coast Guard Station Coos Bay: Coos Bay: 1878 1955 Yes 4 12th 320 [386] Coast Guard Station Coquille River: Bandon: 1890 Active Unknown Unknown [387] Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay: Depoe Bay: 1940 ...
Located on the banks of the Chetco River, the park offers camping, hiking, fishing, swimming, and rafting opportunities. In the parks boundaries are 3 rental cabins, 53 camping sites, a launch area for drift boats, a day-use area, and the head of a 0.75-mile (1.2 km) trail that includes the northernmost coastal redwood grove in the United States.
Chetco may refer to: Chetco people, a group of Native Americans who lived in southwestern Oregon in the United States; Chetco language (ISO 639-3: ctc), also known as the Tolowa language (ISO 639-3: tol) Chetco River, a river named for the tribe, flowing to the Pacific Ocean in Curry County, Oregon in the United States
Winchuck River: 1965 360 357.98 Chetco River: 1972 1114 347.78 Thomas Creek Bridge: Thomas Creek 1961 956 Designed by Ivan D. Merchant. [3] 339.10 Pistol River: 1962 570 336.94 Myers Creek: 1961 300 330.48 Hunter Creek: 1959 360 327.70 Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge: Rogue River: 1932 1938 Designed by Conde McCullough; [4] on the NRHP. [5]
6.6 Chetco River, Curry County, Oregon. 7 California. ... The natural harbor lacks sufficient depth for the Golden Hind. [62] Tomales Bay, Marin County, California