Leaburg is an
unincorporated community
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in
Lane County,
Oregon
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, United States located on the
McKenzie River and
Oregon Route 126
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Rou ...
east of
Walterville and west of
Vida.
History
The first post office in this locale was established in 1877 and named "Leaburgh", for first postmaster Leander Cruzan. At some point the spelling was changed to "Leaburg".
On May 25, 1907, the office was moved two miles (3 km) west and the name was changed to "Deerhorn";
Deerhorn post office closed in 1913.
[ A new Leaburg office was established on September 20, 1907.][
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Hydropower project and hatchery
The city of Eugene
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's water utility, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB), runs Leaburg Power Plant on the McKenzie River about one mile (1.6 km) east of Leaburg.hydropower
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projects on the river. Leaburg Dam, built in 1928 about three miles (5 km) east of the community, impounds and diverts the McKenzie into the Leaburg Canal; the impoundment forms the Leaburg Reservoir. The canal holds the water at a higher elevation than the natural level of the river for about five miles (8 km)—this allows the water to turn the power plant's turbines and generators. Leaburg Power Plant was designed in 1929 by noted Oregon architect Ellis F. Lawrence in the Art Deco
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style and includes motifs from Greek mythology
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sculpted by Harry Poole Camden.[ EWEB's Lloyd Knox Water Board Park is on the south shore of the reservoir, while the ]Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
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The agency operates hatcheries, i ...
(ODFW) runs the Leaburg Hatchery, a rainbow trout
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and steelhead
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fish hatchery
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, nearby.
Other hatcheries
The ODFW also runs the McKenzie Salmon Hatchery about two miles (3 km) east of Leaburg on the north bank of the river. This hatchery was built in 1938 and rebuilt in 1975.
On the north bank of the river, about four miles (6 km) east of Leaburg, is the Old McKenzie Fish Hatchery, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1996. The hatchery raised trout and salmon from 1907 until the 1950s.[ The site is under the jurisdiction of the Lane County Parks Department, and the McKenzie River Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Information Center is located there.][
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Climate
Leaburg has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate
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(Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification
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system.
References
External links
Leaburg Dam image
from the Atlas of Lane County produced by the University of Oregon
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Geography Department
Aerial view of Leaburg Hatchery
from Salem Public Library
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