The Breitenbush River is a tributary of the

North Santiam River The North Santiam River is a tributary of the Santiam River in western Oregon in the United States. It drains of the Cascade Range on the eastern side of the Willamette Valley east of Salem. It rises in the high Cascades in eastern Linn count ...

in western

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in the United States. It drains a rugged, forested area of the Cascade Range east of Salem. It descends from several short forks in the

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in the high Cascades of eastern Marion County. The South Fork Breitenbush River begins at creeks flowing from Bays Lake and Russell Lake within Jefferson Park at approximately elevation and flows west-northwest, joining with other forks. The

North Fork Breitenbush River The North Fork Breitenbush River is a tributary of the Breitenbush River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins at Papoose Lakes near Breitenbush Lake in the Cascade Range north of Mount Jefferson and flows generally northwest and west through t ...

begins at Breitenbush Lake (mostly on the

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) and joins with another fork which passes by Pyramid Lake. It flows west-northwest and connects with a half dozen other forks and creeks then turns west-southwest abeam Bald Butte. Several more creeks and Mink Creek and Rapidam Creek join before another fork. The North and South forks flow west, joining east of the small community of Breitenbush. The combined stream flows generally west-southwest through the

Willamette National Forest The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon. It comprises . Over 380,000 acres (694 mi2, 1,540 km2) are designated wilderness which include seve ...

. It joins the North Santiam at

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. The lower of the river cut what is now an arm of

Detroit Lake Detroit Lake is a reservoir impounded by the Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River southeast of Salem, Oregon, United States. The lake is adjacent to Oregon Route 22 near the city of Detroit. This mesotrophic lake stores water for use by the ci ...

, formed by the

Detroit Dam Detroit Dam is a gravity dam on the North Santiam River between Linn County and Marion County, Oregon. It is located in the Cascades, about west of the city of Detroit. It was constructed between 1949 and 1953 by the United States Army Corps o ...

on the North Santiam. During the winter draw down of the reservoir, the original bed of the river is visible in its natural course. File:North fork of North Fork Breitenbush River.jpg, View of tributary from road to Breitenbush Lake of North Fork Of North Fork of Breitenbush River File:North Fork of the North Fork Breitenbush River— sign.jpeg, Weathered road sign naming North Fork of North Fork Breitenbush River File:Oregon jefferson park.jpeg, Jefferson Park at the foot of Mount Jefferson, headwaters of the South Fork of the Breitenbush River Image:Breitenbush_river3.jpg, View of river from Breitenbush Hot Springs

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USGS statistics report

USGS gage readings
{{authority control Cascade Range Rivers of Oregon Rivers of Marion County, Oregon Willamette National Forest

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