Little Quilcene River
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The Little Quilcene River is a river on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It rises in Clallam County, near Mount Townsend of the Olympic Mountains.
Etymology
The name "Quilcene" comes from the Twana word /qʷəʔlsíd/, referring to a tribal group{{cite book |last=Bright |first=William |author-link=William Bright |year=2004 |title=Native American Placenames of the United States |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4 |page=404 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA404 |access-date=1 September 2019}} and the name of an aboriginal Twana village and community on Quilcene Bay.{{cite book |last=Elmendorf |first=William |year=1993 |title=Twana Narratives: Native historical accounts of a coast Salish culture |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=978-0-7748-0475-2 |page=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RR1muiH0ZzUC&pg=PA279 |access-date=1 September 2019}}
Course
The river flows generally east through the Olympic National Forest. After exiting the higher mountains and the national forest the Little Quilcene River flows east and southeast through rolling terrain. It enters Jefferson County and flows more directly south to Quilcene, where it empties into the northern end of Quilcene Bay, part of Hood Canal.General course info from USGS topographic maps accessed via the "GNIS in Google Map" feature of the USGS Geographic Names Information System website.
The Big Quilcene River enters Quilcene Bay less than {{convert|1|mi|adj=on}} to the south.
See also
References
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Category:Rivers of Washington (state)
Category:Rivers of Clallam County, Washington
Category:Rivers of Jefferson County, Washington
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