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The McKenzie River originates as the outflow of Clear Lake in the high Cascades of eastern Linn County in the Willamette National Forest. (Clear Lake is fed by Ikenick Creek and Fish Lake Creek, the latter of which flows from Fish Lake. Fish Lake's main tributary is Hackleman Creek, which drains the north side of Browder Ridge east of Tombstone ...
Clear Lake is a mountain lake 86 mi (138 km) northeast of Eugene, Oregon, United States in Linn County. It has two main bodies connected by a bottleneck. The lake is primarily fed by snow runoff from nearby Mount Washington and the surrounding areas. The runoff filters through caverns for more than 20 years before emptying into Clear Lake.
In 1962, the Clear Lake Cutoff was completed. The completion resulted in US 126 being rerouted from McKenzie Pass to the cutoff. The rerouting included a concurrency with US 20. After the rerouting, the OR 242 designation was formed on the McKenzie Pass route. [2] In February 2011, OR 242 was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [5]
Originally, the highway was routed over McKenzie Pass, a high mountainous route that frequently was closed in winter due to poor road conditions. In 1962, the Clear Lake Cutoff was constructed between Clear Lake and Belknap Springs, connecting the McKenzie Highway to the Santiam Highway to the north. US 126 was re-routed over the cutoff and ran ...
The field borders Clear Lake, the source for the McKenzie River, [7] and lava flows from the field formed a dam that created the lake. [8] Clear Lake encompasses 148 acres (0.60 km 2) [9] near Oregon Route 126, [10] with a shallow northern region and a deeper southern zone, which reaches a maximum depth of 175 feet (53 m). [9]
In addition to Dee Wright Observatory, the rough-hewn timber shelter built by the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Belknap still stands near Clear Lake. Both sites are maintained by the United States Forest Service. [6] Today, Dee Wright Observatory is visited by thousands of travelers crossing McKenzie Pass each summer. [1]
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McKenzie Pass, elevation 5,325 feet (1,623 m), [1] is a mountain pass in the Cascade Range in central Oregon in the United States. [ 2 ] It is located at the border of Linn and Deschutes counties, [ 2 ] approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Bend , [ 3 ] between the Three Sisters to the south and Mount Washington to the north.