Wauna is an

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on the

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in Clatsop County,

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, United States. According to

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, it names a Native American mythological being associated with the Columbia River. There was a

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in Wauna from January 21, 1911, to ''circa'' 1980. Wauna is best known as the home of a

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paper mill.

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