| Youngs River | |
| Name Etymology: | Given by explorer William Robert Broughton, a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, in honor of Sir George Young of the Royal Navy[1] |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Youngs River in Oregon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type4: | County |
| Subdivision Name4: | Clatsop County |
| Length: | 27miles[2] |
| Source1: | Northern Oregon Coast Range |
| Source1 Location: | Clatsop County, Oregon |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 45.9853°N -123.6244°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1131feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Youngs Bay |
| Mouth Location: | near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.1808°N -123.8753°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
The Youngs River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 27miles long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Northern Oregon Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of state, entering the Columbia via Youngs Bay just approximately 10miles from its mouth.
It rises in a remote section of the mountains of central Clatsop County, north of Saddle Mountain State Natural Area. It flows generally northwest, passing over Youngs River Falls. The falls were encountered in 1806 by a hunting party of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from nearby Fort Clatsop and documented in William Clark's journals.[5] It broadens in a large estuary and enters the south end of Youngs Bay on the Columbia at Astoria. It receives the Klaskanine River from the east approximately 5miles south of Astoria. It receives the Wallooskee River from the east approximately 2miles south of Astoria.
Named tributaries of Youngs River from source to mouth are Fall Creek and South Fork Youngs River, then Fox, Osgood, Rock, Bayney, Wawa, and Moosmoos creeks followed by the Klaskanine River. Below that come Cooperage, Battle Creek, Tucker, Casey, Binder, and Cook sloughs followed by the Wallooskee River. Further downstream are Crosel, Brown, and Craig creeks followed by Knowland Slough and the Lewis and Clark River.[6]
About 13miles from the mouth of the river are Youngs River Falls, a 54feet tall waterfall.[7]