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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.
Waterfront of Aberdeen, Washington in 1912, along the Chehalis River, showing a four-masted schooner loading lumber, and on the north side of the river, a sternwheeler moored at a dock Steamboats operated on Grays Harbor , a large coastal bay in the State of Washington, and on the Chehalis and Hoquiam rivers which flow into Grays Harbor near ...
The Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority (CRBFA) was established in 2008 and manages flood control and concerns for the Chehalis River and its watershed. [8] The program was initiated after the December 2007 floods which caused the loss of 1,300 homes in the region, the shutdown of Interstate 5, and total damages of over $900 million. [9]
The river's canyon and the peaks and cliff-faces of the range encircling its basin, which comprises most of the area of the Douglas Ranges, is popular with rock-climbers and hikers, who call the area "the Chehalis". There is a small ski resort, Hemlock Valley, on the eastern side of the Chehalis River basin.
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. The bay is 17 miles (27 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide. [1]
The Chehalis River may refer to: Chehalis River (Washington), in the United States; Chehalis River (British Columbia), in Canada; See also. Chehalis (disambiguation)
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 ...
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.