Pelican City, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
42°15′12″N 121°47′50″W / 42.25333°N 121.79722°W / 42.25333; -121.79722CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyKlamathElevation
4,229 ft (1,289 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)GNIS feature ID1136619[1]Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

Pelican City is an unincorporated community in Klamath County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It lies along U.S. Route 97 just north of the city of Klamath Falls near the south end of Upper Klamath Lake and the upstream end of the Link River.[2]

The community is named after the Pelican Bay Lumber Company, which had a mill here.[3] Pelican Bay is part of the same lake but at its far northwest end.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pelican City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 70. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 750. ISBN 978-0875952772.


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