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in the United States. It drains a timber-producing area in the foothills of the

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north-northwest of

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. It rises in eastern Columbia County, approximately west of St. Helens on the northern slopes of Bunker Hill. Major tributaries include Carcus Creek and the North Fork of the Clatskanie, which converge at Swedetown. The North Fork rises at

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. It flows generally north-northwest through the

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, past Clatskanie. The Clatskanie River converges with Conyers Creek and Beaver Creek near Clatskanie and then it enters a slough on the Columbia from the south approximately east of Westport. The river is named for the Tlatskanai, an

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tribe of Native Americans who lived in the valley of the nearby

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at the time of the arrival of

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ans in the early 19th century. There is also a

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in Clatsop County which was really named for the same reason. The names as used by the natives did not apply to the respective rivers, but applied to the path, route or trail by which one could get to the customary tribal area of the Tlatskanai.

Tributaries

Named tributaries of the Clatskanie River from source to mouth begin with the

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, which enters from the

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. Then comes Buck Creek, right; Falls Creek, left; North Fork, right; and Carcus, Page, Miller, and Vonberg creeks, all from the left. Then Langfeld and Keystone creeks, from the right; Perkins, Merril, Conyers, and Fall creeks, all from the left, and Beaver Slough (Beaver Creek), right.

References

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Tributaries

See also

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