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Toketee Falls

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Description
Hydropower plant
Post office
References
External links

{{Refimprove|date=March 2012}}Toketee Falls is a waterfall in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, on the North Umpqua River at its confluence with the Clearwater River.^[1]^[2] It is located approximately {{convert|58|mi|km}} east of Roseburg near Oregon Route 138.^[3]Toketee (pronounced TOKE-uh-tee), is a Chinook Jargon word meaning "pretty" or "graceful".^[2] The falls was officially named by a United States Board on Geographic Names decision in 1916, over alternate names Ireland Falls and Toketie Falls.^[1]

Description

Carved from ancient columnar basalt, Toketee Falls drops approximately {{convert|120|ft|m}} in two stages.

With a reliable water flow on the North Umpqua River, the falls avoids the seasonal fluctuations of other creek-fed waterfalls in Oregon.

Hydropower plant

The waterfall is regulated by a dam built just upstream by PacifiCorp, which now regulates and reduces the water flow over the falls. The damming forms a reservoir called Toketee Lake.^[2] Previously the full volume of the North Umpqua River was allowed to flow over the falls, but the flow has been reduced by a penstock that utilizes the drop of the falls to generate hydroelectricity.

Post office

There was a Toketee Falls, Oregon post office from 1952 to 1956 during the construction of the PacifiCorp hydroelectric plant.^[2]

References

1. ^¹{{cite gnis |id= 1151298 |name= Toketee Falls |entrydate= November 28, 1980 |accessdate= March 5, 2012 }}
2. ^¹²³{{Cite OGN|7th|pages= 960–961}}
3. ^{{cite book |title= Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition= 7th |date= 2008 |publisher= DeLorme |location= Yarmouth, Maine |isbn= 0-89933-347-8 |pages= 53–54}}

External links

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{{Coord|43.2631775|-122.4314312|type:landmark_region:US-OR_source:gnis-1151298_elevation:752|display=title}} {{Waterfalls of Oregon}}

3 : Dams in Oregon|PacifiCorp dams|Waterfalls of Douglas County, Oregon

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