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The beautiful McKenzie River Valley is a 68 mile long corridor stretching between Sisters on the east and Springfield on the west. Renowned for fishing, the McKenzie River supports spring Chinook salmon, winter steelhead and summer steelhead as well as native rainbow, cutthroat and bull trout. The high lakes have been planted with brown and brook trout, making the McKenzie River Valley a sportsman's paradise.
The Douglas County area was originally was inhabited by the Umpqua Indians, who belonged to the Chinook tribe. The entire watershed of the Umpqua River lies within the boundaries of Douglas County. This heavily timbered county contains nearly 1.8 million acres of commercial forest lands, some of which makes up and one of the oldest stands of old growth timber in the world. Approximately 25-30% of the labor force is employed in the forest products industry. The post-Prohibition wine industry in Oregon started with Richard Somer planting Hillcrest Vineyard at the south end of the Umpqua Valley in 1961.
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