Located near the headwaters of one of Oregons most magnificent rivers, Koosah Falls plummets 82 feet into the pool at its base in the upper right corner of this photograph. Koosah is the largest of the three major waterfalls along the McKenzie River; the other two being Sahalie, just upstream and Tamolitch, a few miles downstream. Koosah is a Chinook word meaning sky which may refer to the rich blue color of the water. Fed by the large snowpacks of the Cascade Range, the McKenzie flows west through luxuriant moss-covered old-growth forest before it joins with the Willamette River near the town of Eugene. This horizontal photograph was captured with a 6x7 format camera. All photos in these fine art photo galleries may be ordered as fine art framed prints or for stock photography usage.