# Youngs River

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{{Infobox river
| name               = Youngs River
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| name_etymology     = Given by explorer [William Robert Broughton](/source/William_Robert_Broughton), a lieutenant in the British [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy), in honor of [Sir George Young](/source/George_Young_(naval_officer)) of the Royal Navy<ref name = "McArthur">{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. |author2=McArthur, Lewis L.  | title = Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition | publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press | year = 2003 | location = Portland, Oregon | pages = 1067&ndash;68 | isbn = 0-87595-277-1}}</ref>
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| image              = Youngs River from Astoria Column - Oregon.jpg
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| image_caption      = The river as seen from Astoria
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| pushpin_map        = USA Oregon
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of Youngs River in Oregon
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| subdivision_name2  = [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
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| subdivision_name4  = [Clatsop County](/source/Clatsop_County%2C_Oregon)
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| length             = {{convert|27|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="Palmer">{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Tim|title=Field Guide to Oregon Rivers|publisher=Oregon State University Press|location=Corvallis|year=2014|page=203|isbn=978-0-87071-627-0}}</ref> 
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| source1            = [Northern Oregon Coast Range](/source/Northern_Oregon_Coast_Range)
| source1_location   = [Clatsop County](/source/Clatsop_County%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|45|59|07|N|123|37|28|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = [Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System) (GNIS) | publisher = United States Geological Survey | date =  November 28, 1980 | url ={{Gnis3|1129399}} | title = Youngs River | access-date = August 16, 2009}}</ref>
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|1131|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="source">Source elevation derived from [Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth) search using GNIS source coordinates.</ref>
| mouth              = [Youngs Bay](/source/Youngs_Bay)
| mouth_location     = near [Astoria](/source/Astoria%2C_Oregon), [Clatsop County](/source/Clatsop_County%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
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The '''Youngs River''' is a tributary of the [Columbia River](/source/Columbia_River), approximately {{convert|27|mi|km}} long, in northwest [Oregon](/source/Oregon) in the [United States](/source/United_States). It drains part of the [Northern Oregon Coast Range](/source/Northern_Oregon_Coast_Range) in the extreme northwest corner of state, entering the Columbia via [Youngs Bay](/source/Youngs_Bay) just approximately {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} from its mouth.

It rises in a remote section of the mountains of central [Clatsop County](/source/Clatsop_County%2C_Oregon), north of [Saddle Mountain State Natural Area](/source/Saddle_Mountain_State_Natural_Area). It flows generally northwest, passing over [Youngs River Falls](/source/Youngs_River_Falls). The falls were encountered in 1806 by a hunting party of the [Lewis and Clark Expedition](/source/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition) from nearby [Fort Clatsop](/source/Fort_Clatsop) and documented in [William Clark](/source/William_Clark)'s journals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/item/lc.jrn.1806-03-05|title=Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition; Wednesday March 5th 1806}}</ref> It broadens in a large [estuary](/source/estuary) and enters the south end of Youngs Bay on the Columbia at [Astoria](/source/Astoria%2C_Oregon). It receives the [Klaskanine River](/source/Klaskanine_River) from the east approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} south of Astoria. It receives the [Wallooskee River](/source/Wallooskee_River) from the east approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} south of Astoria.

Named tributaries of Youngs River from source to mouth are Fall Creek and South Fork Youngs River, then Fox, Osgood, Rock, Bayney, Wawa, and Moosmoos creeks followed by the Klaskanine River. Below that come Cooperage, Battle Creek, Tucker, Casey, Binder, and Cook sloughs followed by the Wallooskee River. Further downstream are Crosel, Brown, and Craig creeks followed by Knowland Slough and the [Lewis and Clark River](/source/Lewis_and_Clark_River).<ref name="topo map">{{cite web|title=United States Topographic Map|publisher=United States Geological Survey|via=ACME Mapper|url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=46.180833,-123.875278&z=12&t=T&marker0=46.180833,-123.875278,Youngs%20River|access-date=January 16, 2016}} The map includes mile markers along the river as far upstream as Youngs River Falls, about {{convert|13|mi|km}} from the mouth.</ref>

About {{convert|13|mi|km|0}} from the mouth of the river are Youngs River Falls, a {{convert|54|ft|m|adj=on}} tall [waterfall](/source/waterfall).<ref name=wfn>{{cite web|title=Youngs River Falls Clatsop County, Oregon|url=http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/falls.php?num=4120 |access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Skipanon River](/source/Skipanon_River)
*[List of rivers of Oregon](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Oregon)
*[List of tributaries of the Columbia River](/source/List_of_tributaries_of_the_Columbia_River)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Lewis and Clark Expedition
Category:Rivers of Oregon
Category:Rivers of Clatsop County, Oregon
Category:Tributaries of the Columbia River

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