The Wallooskee River (also known as the Walluski River) is a

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of the

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, about long, in northwest

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in the

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. It drains a small area of the foothills of the Coast Range near the mouth of the

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. The Youngs River is a tributary of the Columbia River. It rises southwest of Astoria in a northern

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at . It flows generally west in a winding course. About a mile (1.6 km) before its mouth, it receives the Little Wallooskee River from the right at which flows about from its source at . The Wallooskee enters Youngs River from the east at the south end of

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, approximately south of Astoria.

Walluski

The name of the river was formerly spelled "Walluski" but the

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changed it to "Wallooskee" in 1975. Although there is not a formal settlement by the name of Walluski, Oregon, the Olney-Walluski area is considered a community by local residents and the Walluski area was a

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as recently as 1950. As of 1892, there was a Walluski School. The school was located near

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's John Jacob Astor Agricultural Experiment Station, that was later used as the

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farm and today is the site of the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. There is also a Walluski

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named for the area.

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{{authority control Rivers of Oregon Rivers of Clatsop County, Oregon Oregon placenames of Native American origin

Walluski

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