Skykomish River

The Skykomish River near Monroe

Skykomish River highlighted in the catchment area of ​​the Snohomish River

The ' logger ' bridge ' over the Skykomish River ( 1910).

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The Skykomish River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington.

It drains the western side of the Cascade Range in the southeastern part of Snohomish County and in the northeast corner of King County. The river arises 2km west of index with the confluence of its north and south forks and flows from there towards Puget Sound. The Sultan River and the Wallace River flow at Sultan in him. In Monroe, he then forms with the Snoqualmie River to the Snohomish River. The Snohomish River flows along the river valley in the Port Gardner Bay in the Possession Sound (part of Puget Sound).

The main flow of the river is 47 km long. The southern fork and the Tye River, its headwaters, it is 100 km long. The catchment area is 2160 km ².

U.S. Highway 2 and the BNSF Railway follow the river of the Skykomish River, the south fork and the Tye River to Stevens Pass and the Cascade Tunnel.

The Skykomish River is sometimes called the "Sky River " or " The Sky".

After Fred Beckey the two sources are approximately equal, and neither of them is clearly the main run of the Skykomish River. The true source of the southern fork, however, in terms of discharge rate, the Rapid River, a tributary of the Beckler River, which in turn is a tributary of the south fork.

The name " Skykomish " comes from the Lushootseed northern / sq'íx əbš ʷ /, which translates as " upstream ( resident ) people," from / q'íx ʷ /, " upstream ". It is the name of a southern coastal Salish group.

North fork

The headwaters of the North Fork is located in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness, near dishpan Gap, along the Pacific Crest Trail. It flows as a small river of the north slopes of Skykomish Peak. Although he does not protect the river itself, protects the Wild Sky Wilderness, the rivers and adjacent to the northern fork forests. The river flows generally directed from the southwest, from its source to its mouth. Just before he receives the Goblin Creek, the river flows through a short but impressive canyon in which he falls down the Deer Falls. Just beyond, the river flows through an even shorter but convoluted and interesting shaped canyon at the Bear Creek Falls.

Tributaries of the northern fork:

  • Pass Creek: flows to Cady Pass.
  • Quartz Creek: Comes from Monte Cristo Peak, flows to Curry Gap.
  • Goblin Creek: Comes from Monte Cristo Peak.
  • West Cady Creek
  • Troublesome Creek: Come by the Blance Lake, from Monte Cristo Peak to flow just before the Bear Creek Falls in the northern fork.
  • Silver Creek: Rises near the Silvertip Mountain and Poodle Dog Pass, flows through Mineral City and flows equal before Gelena in the northern fork (early tail of the Monte Cristo Mining District, Mineral City and Galena were mining towns ).
  • Salmon Creek: flows shortly after Galena in the northern fork.

South fork

The south fork begins east of Skykomish at the confluence of the Tye River and the River Foss. From this point the river flows in a northwesterly direction. Near the eastern boundary of the Skykomish River Beckler and west of Miller River flows into the South Fork. Just before he joins forces with the North Fork, he falls down the Eagle Falls, then the Canyon Falls and the Sunset Falls.

Tributaries of the southern fork:

  • Beckler River: flows shortly after the source in the northern fork. Rapid River

History

In the 1890s the Great Northern Railway along the Skykomish River, its southern fork and the Tye River was built to cross the Cascades through the Stevens Pass. Today, the BNSF Railway track belongs and is known as the Burlington Northern Railroad from 1970 to 1995. The Stevens Pass is named after the great northern surveyor John Frank Stevens. There are two rail tunnels, which are both called Cascade Tunnel, built at Stevens Pass. The first was built just north of the pass. It was in 1929 replaced by the new Cascade Tunnel, which with 12.6 km of for nearly 60 years, the longest rail tunnel in North America was and still is the longest in the United States. The new Cascade Tunnel is a few miles south of Stevens Pass. Its western entrance is located near the confluence of the Tunnel Creek and the Tye River. A small amount of water flowing out of two tunnels in the Tye River. A monument near Scenic, the Tye River, describes the history of the area and the railway line. The monument was built near the site, found at one of the largest railway tragedies of American history rather than built.

One of the routes of the natives by the cascade follows the Skykomish River and its northern fork to the Cady pass.

Renaturation

The Skykomish River is used for rafting and kayaking. He has rapids of class III to IV .

Waterfalls

In the northern fork:

  • Deer Falls
  • Bear Creek Falls

In the southern fork:

  • Eagle Falls
  • Canyon Falls
  • Sunset Falls
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