Brownlee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.

[1] John Brownlee started a ferry service that crossed the Snake River between Idaho and Oregon and became known as Brownlee's Ferry.

When a railroad was built on the Oregon side of the river, the station at the ferry crossing was named Brownlee.

[2] The portion of the tracks that ran between Homestead and Robinette and passed through Brownlee were torn up by the railway's final owners Oregon Short Line in 1934.

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