1.4 hr
Overview
The Link River connects Upper Klamath Lake with Ewauna Lake in Klamath Falls. It is, in fact, along the Link River where you find the actual “falls” which give Klamath Falls its name. These are really a series of low drops and rapids much compromised by the construction of PacifiCorp’s Link River Dam in 1921, which uses two 19th century canals, the Ankeny and the Keno, to operate two power stations. PacifiCorp was going to shut these operations down because of fish remediation costs, but now functions at a reduced capacity that will ensure a better future for two endangered species, the Lost River sucker and the shortnose sucker. The “trail” is really a gravel maintenance track between the Keno Canal and the river, with river access at several points. Dense thickets of Klamath plums and other deciduous trees line the river bank and serve as refuges for a variety of spring and fall migrants. Klamath Falls is, of course, known for its summer pelican flocks, and, at that time of year, you’ll see plenty of these as well as cormorants, grebes, gulls, terns, herons, egrets, geese, and ducks.
Trail Stats
5.5 km
26 m
1268 m
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