Washington Watershed

Quillayute River

​The Quillayute river basin is on the north coast of Washington Olympic Peninsula. The Quillayute system is made up primarily of there major tributaries. The Sol Duc, the Calawah and the Bogacheil. All of which radiate out of the temperate rain forests of Olympic National Park. The Valley is the home of the Quileute tribe, who now occupy the reservation at the rivers mouth. The first European homesteaders arrived in the 1870’s, and were set on farming among the giant tree’s despite the areas 10 plus feet of rainfall, long dark winters, and total isolation from any markets. Soon logging became the principal land use, and remains so to this day.