[3] The North Fork of the Clam River begins as a small, intermittent stream in western Washburn County.

The burial mounds at Spencer and Clam Lakes have been dated to the end of the Middle Woodland Period, ca 500-700 AD.

[6] Numerous other points of historical interest exist on or nearby the Clam River, including the old Arbuckle House and Logging Dam.

[9][10][11] The log jam became over two miles long and the largest to ever occur in the area,[12] reaching an estimated total of 125 to 150 million board feet of pine stuck in the log jam,[13] including 15 million feet coming from the Clam River drive.

[17] This storm knocked down thousands of acres of forest, and a significant number of trees fell directly into the river.