Swimmer drowns in the North Umpqua Fly Waters

[the_grube]

50-year-old Oregon man drowns on North Umpqua River

A 50-year-old man from Mapleton died while swimming in the North Umpqua River on Aug. 2, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

www.statesmanjournal.com

BTW: the picture in this article might be part of the Numpua watershed but it ain't at mile marker 24.5. I'm pretty sure that's a place called sticks beach; super popular summer swimming hole.

 

[FinLuver]

One drowning and one river rescue… same river, same day, and hours apart.

 

[the_grube]

One drowning and one river rescue… same river, same day, and hours apart.

ya they were both at Baker Wayside... I suspect they were in that water below the falls, everything else is awful shallow. Sad and a reminder how treacherous seemingly harmless river plunge pools can be.