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OREGON. 



Necanicum Creek. — This short stream is in Clatsop County and 

 enters the Pacific Ocean about 10 miles south of the Columbia River. 

 Its fisheries are of small importance. 



Nehalem River. — The Nehalem is a small coastal river that rises 

 in the mountains of Clatsop and Columbia Counties, and flows into 

 the Pacific Ocean in the northern part of Tillamook County. As 

 early as 1887 there was a small cannery here, and the business has 

 been followed ever since. 



Tillamook Bay and River. — Tillamook River is a very short stream 

 which enters Tillamook Bay, the latter being in Tillamook County 

 and about 45 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River. 



Fishing is carried on mainly in the bay. The earliest record we 

 have of canneries on this bay is of 1886, when two were in operation. 

 Since 1891 but one has been operated. 



Nestucea River. — This stream enters the ocean in the southwestern 

 part of Tillamook County. A cannery operated here in 1887 and the 

 business has been carried on intermittently since then. 



Silets River. — This river has its source in the mountains of Polk 

 County, and enters the ocean in the northern part of Lincoln County. 

 The commercial development of the fisheries was hampered for 

 many years owing to the fact that the river was within the boun- 

 daries of what was then the Siletz Indian Reservation. The first 

 cannery was established here in 1896. 



Yaquina Bay and River. — The Yaquina ("crooked") River is 

 about 60 miles long; its general course is nearly west through the 

 county of Benton. The river is narrow throughout the greater part 

 of its length. A few miles from its mouth it suddenly broadens out 

 into an estuary from one-half to three-fourths of a mile wide which 

 is commonly called Yaquina Bay. The river enters the Pacific about 

 100 miles south of the Columbia. 



Salmon canning was begun on this river in 1887, when two small 

 canneries were constructed. The next year an additional plant was 

 erected. The business has fluctuated considerably since then and 

 there is now but one cannery. 



The fishing grounds are all in the bay and the lower section of 

 the river. The fishermen of this section are fortunate in that they 

 have railroad communication with the outside world, the only place 

 on the ocean side of Oregon, except Tillamook, so situated. 

 ' Alsea Bay and River. — Alsea River rises in the southwestern part 

 of Benton County, and flows in nearly a northwesterly direction to 

 the Pacific, a distance of about 60 miles. Like the Yaquina, the 

 " bay " is merely a broadening out of the river just inside its mouth. 



The first cannery was established in 1886 and by 1888 there were three 

 in operation. For many years past but one has been in operation. 

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