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Tillamook County Pioneer Museum owns Kilchis Point Reserve, about 200 acres (81 ha) of land along Tillamook Bay. The reserve has about 2 miles (3 km) of interpretive trails related to the site's Native American and pioneer heritage as well as its flora and fauna. The largest Native
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Kilchis River County Park, which is on the right. Shortly thereafter, School Creek and Washout Creek enters from the right and Little South Fork Kilchis River from the
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721:Native American Placenames of the United States
681:Thompson, M. Terry; Egesdal, Steven M. (2008).
684:Salish Myths and Legends: One People's Stories
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