Youngs River
title: "Youngs River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lewis-and-clark-expedition", "rivers-of-oregon", "rivers-of-clatsop-county,-oregon", "tributaries-of-the-columbia-river"] topic_path: "general/lewis-and-clark-expedition" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngs_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Youngs River |
| name_etymology | Given by explorer William Robert Broughton, a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, in honor of Sir George Young of the Royal Navy |
| image | Youngs River from Astoria Column - Oregon.jpg |
| image_size | 300 |
| image_caption | The river as seen from Astoria |
| map_size | 300 |
| pushpin_map | USA Oregon |
| pushpin_map_size | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the mouth of Youngs River in Oregon |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | United States |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Oregon |
| subdivision_type4 | County |
| subdivision_name4 | Clatsop County |
| length | 27 mi |
| source1 | Northern Oregon Coast Range |
| source1_location | Clatsop County, Oregon |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | 1131 ft |
| mouth | Youngs Bay |
| mouth_location | near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 0 ft |
| :: |
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The Youngs River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 27 mi long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Northern Oregon Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of state, entering the Columbia via Youngs Bay just approximately 10 mi from its mouth.
It rises in a remote section of the mountains of central Clatsop County, north of Saddle Mountain State Natural Area. It flows generally northwest, passing over Youngs River Falls. The falls were encountered in 1806 by a hunting party of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from nearby Fort Clatsop and documented in William Clark's journals. It broadens in a large estuary and enters the south end of Youngs Bay on the Columbia at Astoria. It receives the Klaskanine River from the east approximately 5 mi south of Astoria. It receives the Wallooskee River from the east approximately 2 mi south of Astoria.
Named tributaries of Youngs River from source to mouth are Fall Creek and South Fork Youngs River, then Fox, Osgood, Rock, Bayney, Wawa, and Moosmoos creeks followed by the Klaskanine River. Below that come Cooperage, Battle Creek, Tucker, Casey, Binder, and Cook sloughs followed by the Wallooskee River. Further downstream are Crosel, Brown, and Craig creeks followed by Knowland Slough and the Lewis and Clark River.
About 13 mi from the mouth of the river are Youngs River Falls, a 54 ft tall waterfall.
References
References
- McArthur, Lewis A.. (2003). "Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition". Oregon Historical Society Press.
- Palmer, Tim. (2014). "Field Guide to Oregon Rivers". Oregon State University Press.
- (November 28, 1980). "Youngs River". United States Geological Survey.
- Source elevation derived from [[Google Earth]] search using GNIS source coordinates.
- "Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition; Wednesday March 5th 1806".
- "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey.
- "Youngs River Falls Clatsop County, Oregon".
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