The Bone River is a short river in the U.S. state of Washington . It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) long.
12-607: The Bone River originates in the hills of the southwestern part of Washington, close to the source of the North Fork Palix River . It flows generally west, emptying into Willapa Bay near Bay Center just north of the Niawiakum River . The river's entire length is only a few miles. Most of the Bone River is marshy. It empties into an estuary and tidal marshland on Willapa Bay. U.S. Route 101 crosses
24-712: A Washington state legislator for the 1891 and 1893 sessions. Meany was an active supporter of the local Boy Scouts of America organization, the Seattle Area Council. From 1906 until his death, he served as managing editor of the Washington Historical Quarterly (renamed the Pacific Northwest Quarterly the year after his death). From 1908 until his death, he also served as president of the Mountaineers ,
36-706: A curving path southwest then north, less than a mile from the coast, to join the other forks in the Palix estuary. It is approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) long. The Middle Fork Palix River originates about a mile east of the Palix River estuary. It flows west, quickly entering the estuary. In the estuary the Canon River joins the Middle Fork from the south, then the Middle Fork joins the North Fork. It
48-467: Is approximately 2.5 mi (4.0 km) long. The Canon River is longer than any of the Palix River forks. It originates in the Willapa Hills and flows generally west and northwest through hilly terrain. Part of its course is through a gorge in which it receives its main tributary, Canyon Creek. After exiting the gorge the Canon River flows north and enters the Palix River estuary where it joins
60-626: The Canon River. The river's length, including the Canon River, its longest tributary, is approximately 14 miles (23 km). The Palix River rises in the Willapa Hills in Pacific County . It flows generally west to Willapa Bay , an estuary of the Pacific Ocean . The river has three fork tributaries, the North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork Palix River. The North Fork originates a couple miles west of South Bend , near
72-793: The Chinook. Within a year the Chinookan population had been reduced by perhaps half and the disease had spread far up the Columbia River, all along the coasts of Washington and Oregon, to Vancouver Island , the Skagit River and the Nooksack River . Part of the river's drainage basin is a protected land preserve called the Bone River Natural Area Preserve . Totaling 2,565 acres (1,038 ha),
84-483: The Middle Fork Palix River. It is approximately 8.7 mi (14.0 km) long. The mainstem Palix River, forms by the confluence of the three forks, flows northwest for a few miles, its estuary merging with the estuary of Willapa Bay just west of Wilson Point. The mouth of the Palix River, near Bay Center , is very close to the Niawiakum River and Bone River mouths. U.S. Route 101 crosses
96-544: The mainstem Palix River. The mainstem Palix River is approximately 4.5 mi (7.2 km) long. According to Edmond S. Meany the river's name, which he spelled "Palux", comes from the Chehalis language and means "slough covered with trees". The name was also applied to a division of the Chinookan people who lived along the river. Edmond S. Meany Edmond Stephen Meany (December 28, 1862 – April 22, 1935)
108-470: The preserve contains the finest salt marsh remaining in Willapa Bay and is a critically important waterfowl habitat. There are ongoing efforts to protect more of the Bone River along with the nearby Niawiakum River estuary. Palix River The Palix River is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington . Its tributaries include three forks, North, Middle, and South Fork Palix River, as well as
120-534: The river near its mouth. A smallpox epidemic swept through the Pacific Northwest in 1853. One of the first documented cases occurred at the mouth of the Bone River. A homesteader named James Swan witnessed the disease breaking out among the Chinook Indians after several ships had wrecked off the mouth of the nearby Columbia River . Swan's is the only first-hand account of the epidemic among
132-469: The source of the Bone River . It flows generally south through hilly terrain, close to the Niawiakum River . In its final mile the North Fork turns west and enters the broad and marshy Palix River tidal estuary in which the Middle Fork and South Fork join. It is approximately 7 mi (11 km) long. The South Fork Palix River originates about a mile south of the Palix River estuary. It flows in
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#1732798404217144-596: Was a professor of botany and history at the University of Washington (UW). He was an alumnus of the university, having graduated as the valedictorian of his class in 1885 when it was the Territorial University of Washington. Meany also earned a Master of Science from the University of Washington in 1899, and a Master of Letters from the University of Wisconsin in 1901. He was elected as
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