The Siuslaw River ( ) is a river, about long, that flows to the Pacific Ocean coast of Oregon in the United States. It flows generally west-northwest through the mountains, past Swisshome, entering the Pacific at Florence.

It is part of the homeland of the Siuslaw people, after whom it is named. Citizens of the Siuslaw nation lived in villages along the river until 1860 when they were forcibly removed to an Indian reservation in Yachats whereupon their homes, farms, gardens and villages were destroyed and occupied by U.S. settler-colonists. It is one of the very few Western Oregon rivers where all major forks are undammed. The river has a strong run of American shad.

See also

  • List of longest streams of Oregon
  • List of rivers of Oregon
  • North Fork Siuslaw River
  • Siuslaw jetties
  • Siuslaw River Bridge

References

  • Oregon Coastal Atlas: Siuslaw River estuary