Steamboat, Douglas County, Oregon

Steamboat is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

[1] It is located about 39 miles east of Roseburg on Oregon Route 138, near the confluence of the North Umpqua River with Steamboat Creek within the Umpqua National Forest.

[2] The name "Steamboat" was probably first applied to the creek sometime before the 1890s by area gold miners, after a term referring to disappointing mining claims.

[3] There is no evidence any actual steamboats navigated the river at this locale.

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