Alsea Falls
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Alsea Falls is a waterfall located in the Central Oregon Coast Range, 13 miles west of Monroe, in Benton County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is 30 feet fall and is part of the Alsea Falls trailhead and Recreation Site.[1]
Location[править]
Alsea Falls is located along a Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byway surrounded by Oldgrowth Douglas fir and western redcedar forests.[2] The waters of the Alsea Falls are located downstream of the South Fork Alsea River.
History[править]
The name of the waterfall and the river the forms it may have stemmed from Alsi, said to be a corruption of Alsea for native people who lived near the mouth of the river[3]
See also[править]
References[править]
- ↑ Alsea Falls Recreation Site (недоступная ссылка) : [арх. 02.03.2017] // Salem District Office-Bureau of Land Management. — Дата обращения: 30.04.2017.
- ↑ Coquille River Falls // Northwest Waterfall Survey. — Дата обращения: 30.04.2017.
- ↑ McArthur, Lewis A. Oregon Geographic Names / Lewis A. McArthur, McArthur, Lewis L.. — 7th. — Portland, Oregon : Oregon Historical Society Press, 2003. — P. 19–20. — ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
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