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The Chehalis River (/ ʃ ə ˈ h eɪ l ɪ s / ⓘ shə-HAY-liss) [6] is a river in Washington in the United States. It originates in several forks in southwestern Washington, flows east, then north, then west, in a large curve, before emptying into Grays Harbor, an estuary of the Pacific Ocean.
Map of Grays Harbor. Grays Harbor is an estuarine bay located 45 miles (72 km) north of the mouth of the Columbia River, on the southwest Pacific coast of Washington state, in the United States. It is a ria, which formed at the end of the last ice age, when sea levels flooded the Chehalis River.
McShane, Dan (January 18, 2011), "Chehalis River, a Bit Different Than Other Western Washington Rivers", Reading the Washington Landscape, The Chehalis follows the former valley of a much larger river. During the maximum ice extent during the last glacial period melt water from the Puget lobe ice sheet drained to the ocean via what is now the ...
Jun. 3—Editor's Note: This is the final installment of "Headwaters to Harbor," a project by The Chronicle to document the Chehalis River from Pe Ell to Grays Harbor while highlighting people and ...
The Chehalis River at Centralia is forecast to reach the "minor" flood stage between 4 and 10 p.m. on Dec. 5. Downstream, at Grand Mound, the Chehalis River could reach "moderate" flooding on ...
Rainbow Falls State Park is a public recreation area on the Chehalis River.It is situated off Washington State Route 6 and is approximately 1.0-mile (1.6 km) east of the town of Dryad, Washington.
At Grand Mound, past where the Chehalis River joins with the Newaukum and Skookumchuck rivers, the Chehalis is forecasted to hit "minor" flooding around 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
The city of Chehalis is located in Washington state and rests upon the Chehalis River.Due to the city's location in the Chehalis Valley along with the nearby confluences of the Newaukum River south of Chehalis and the Skookumchuck River in neighboring Centralia, the community has suffered from numerous floods.