Ogden River

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Ogden River is a 35 mile long river in Utah. It is formed in the Wasatch Range in Weber County, northern Utah at the convergence of its forks at Pineview Reservoir near Huntsville. From here, the river flow southwest through Wasatch National Forest and Ogden, until it join the Weber River just west of Ogden. The river has been a source of irrigation since the early 20th century. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. Columbia University Press. The Ogden River has cut through the landscape to create the remarkable Ogden Canyon, which is a roughly 12 mile long canyon and a series of smaller side canyons.De Voto, Bernard Augustine (August 1, 2001). The Western Paradox. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300084234. p. 448. At the head of Ogden Canyon is the Pineview Dam about 7 miles east of Ogden, which was completed in 1937. This is one of a series of projects by the Bureau of Reclamations as part of the Ogden River Project that attempts to supply irrigation to 25,000 acres of nearby land. Other projects include the Ogden-Brigham Canal, which connects the river with Brigham City to the north, the reconstructed Ogden Canyon Conduit, and the South Ogden Highline Canal.Ogden River Project, [General Description]. Bureau of Reclamations. Retrieved on July 18, 2006.

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