Sixes river recreation site provides 19 campsites coming from northbound on u. Most years, rain begins mid to late october, with a few years pushing into november. How to survive alone in the wilderness for 1 week eastern woodlands duration. Lewis and drydens marine history of the pacific northwest. Sixes is an unincorporated community in curry county, oregon, united states. The general history of oregon by charles carey, is a fact filled book, that will hold your attention as he draws you into the history of the state we know as oregon. Fueled by the release of 325,000 salmon smolts from elk river hatchery each year, the elk has perhaps the biggest run of kings of any small river in oregon.
Book your guided fishing trip with one of our fishing the rogue guides now catching king salmon. Route 101 and the sixes river, east of cape blanco and the cape blanco lighthouse. Julian katari is a rainbow warrior dedicated to learning and teaching the ancestral wisdom of the native peoples of the abya yala continent. Hood river is in the heart of oregon and washingtons columbia river gorge. She has been described as the first oregon historian to gain regional and national attention. An important salmon habitat and fishing stream, sixes river is one of oregon s most pristine rivers. It is home to late run chinook salmon, with fishing season beginning after the first heavy rains of fall, closing at year end. The sixes river on the inside of cape blanco, in section 4 of township 32s and range 15w, you will find the madden mine which was a large lode gold producer. In 2005, the oregon cultural heritage commission selected the river of the. It rises in the mountains of northern curry county, south of sugarloaf mountain in the rogue river siskiyou national forest. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. One local postmaster said sixes was named for a native american chief.
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