Sauk River (Washington)

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The Sauk River is a tributary of the Skagit River, about 72 km long and is located in northwestern Washington in the United States. It rises in the Cascade Range, in the basin of Puget Sound, north of Seattle. The river is a famous point for fly fishing and a National Wild and Scenic River.

Its two source rivers (North and South Fork ) originate in eastern Snohomish County, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness and form in Bedal the main river. From there the river flows north-west through the Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest to Darrington to flow south of Rockport in the Skagit River. Approx. 19 km east of Rockport he takes the Suiattle River, and on the front of Darrington White Chuck River and Clear Creek.

The name " Sauk " comes from Sah- kee -ma- hu ( the Sauk - Suiattle logs), a species not related to the Sauk, but with the Skagit strains group.

  • 3.1 inflows

History

1890 took prospectors north of the river bed of the Skykomish River expeditions, which to the gold boom in Monte Cristo, near the source of the North Fork, led. Due to the inaccessibility from the south a narrow railway line along the Sauk River was built in 1891. The Sauk wagon road ran from Sauk City at the Skagit River to the mines of Monte Cristo. An important stop along the way was a trading post for the East, near the headwaters of the Sauk River. This area is known as Bedal today. Today, the Mountain Loop Highway follows more or less the same way as the old railway line.

South Fork Sauk River

The headwaters of the South Fork is located on a glacier on the north west side of the Columbia Peak. The river flows mainly through Seventysix Gulch to Monte Cristo, where he meets the Glacier Creek. The South Fork flows to the northwest until it meets the Vedas Creek and turns to the north. It flows east of Barlow Pass, after which he continues to flow parallel to the Mountain Loop Highway. After a few kilometers it flows into the Montecristo Lake. North of the lake, there are some campsites along the river. Near the campsite Bedal flows along the river with the North Fork to form the actual Sauk River.

A relatively short and low comb, the Barlow Pass, separates the Sauk River from Palmer Creek, a source flow of the South Fork Stillaguamish River. The unusual geography, the environment, the size of the rivers and their valleys can conclude that flowed during the Pleistocene the Sauk River through the Barlow Pass in today's Stillaguamish Valley.

Inflows

  • Glacier Creek: flows at Monte Cristo in the South Fork.
  • Vedas Creek: flows 3.7 km behind Monte Cristo in the South Fork.
  • Elliot Creek: opens shortly after leaving the Monte Cristo Lake.

North Fork Sauk River

The North Fork, the larger of the two source rivers, begins at the output of a small, unnamed lake across from Blue Lake, near the Johnson Mountain. The majority of the route, it flows in a northwesterly direction. Before it forms with the South Fork of the Sauk River, he turns to the west and rushes through a gorge, from which it emerges in a 18 meter high waterfall. Shortly thereafter, he rushes over other smaller waterfalls. Near the camping sites, it forms the southern arm of the Skagit River.

After Fred Beckey might be the source of the North Fork one of its tributaries, the Cadet Creek, be flowing into the North fork over the Sloan Creek.

Inflows

  • Sloan Creek: Flows 3.4 km before Lost Creek in the North Fork. Cadet Creek: Comes from the northeastern side of Monte Cristo Peak.
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