This byway travels through a portion of the Willamette National Forest on State Highway 126 east of Eugene, It travels along the McKenzie River and connects to the existing West Cascades Scenic Byway. The landscape of this area was defined over the ages by actions of the McKenzie River, which created a travel route along its banks that has been in use for over 8000 years. First by the Molalla and Kalapuya tribes; in the 1800s by the European hunters and explorers and then by immigrants on wagon…
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