Talk:Pit River

Cuts through the Cascades?

In working on making the Columbia River page ready for FA nomination the idea that only a few, perhaps three rivers "cut through" the Cascades has come up as wanting clarification (see talk page thread here: Talk:Columbia River#Removed text). It used to be that three Wikipedia pages said there were four rivers that cut through the Cascades--the Columbia, Fraser River, Pit River and the Klamath River. Skookum1 argued against the Fraser River being included since the Cascades end south of the Fraser. For a long time there were just three rivers said to cut through. Now the Klamath River page says it is "one of only a few" and that the others are the Columbia, Pit, Umpqua River, and Rogue River (Oregon). I don't think any of these pages provides a source for these sort of statements. In the past when the topic came up people argued by logic and looking at maps. But logic and maps only go so far. The Pit and Klamath at least seem logical to me. The Umpqua and Rogue don't as much--if they cut through the Cascades than doesn't the Skagit River also? Maybe the Willamette River too? In any case logic only gets you so far. In trying to get the Columbia River up to FA quality I wanted to source the claim but have been unable to find a source that says what rivers "cut through" (or breach, pass through, whatever) the Cascades. It is not hard to find sources that say the Klamath, Umpqua, and Rogue rivers originate in the Cascades though. To resolve this minor and nitpicky point I'm posting this question here: Can anyone find a good source to back up these kind of statements? Thanks. Pfly (talk) 20:50, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Name of tributary updated; please confirm all mentions are correct

The tributary that runs into the Pit River just before its confluence with the McCloud River is now called Sulanharas Creek. It was renamed by the Department of the Interior after an effort to remove the word "squaw" from federal use (see this link). I replaced all instances of "Squaw Creek" in the article with "Sulanharas Creek". The reason I'm adding a note here is because there is another renamed creek (now Waydalmem Creek) that flows into Shasta Lake a couple miles northwest of the dam. I made the assumption that Waydalmem Creek would not be considered a tributary of the Pit River, and so the article would only be talking about Sulanharas Creek. But someone who knows this area better should verify and correct where needed. — Athelwulf ^[T]/_[C] 21:24, 3 October 2024 (UTC)