Scott River

The Scott River is a 60-mile-long (97 km)river in Siskiyou County, California, United States. It is a tributary of the Klamath River, one of the largest rivers in California.

Historically, fur trappers called the river the Beaver River, before the Hudson's Bay Company nearly extirpated beaver from the area in the early 19th century.Scott Valley was first entered by Stephen Meek, Thomas McKay, George Adolphus Duzel and 16 other Hudson's Bay trappers in 1836. In 1850 alone, Meek reportedly trapped 1,800 beaver in Scott Valley, which was then known as Beaver Valley. Meek, who had hunted all over the West, declared the Beaver Valley one of the best places he had ever seen to trap beaver and hunt game, and returned to retire there at the Josiah Doll ranch from 1871 until his death in 1889 at the age of 90. The 1850 discovery of gold during the California Gold Rush by pioneer John W. Scott at Scott Bar, downriver from Scott Valley, brought many prospectors into the area; Scott's discovery led to the naming of the valley and the river in his honor.

Scott River (Western Australia)

Scott River is a river in the south west of Western Australia, being a tributary to the Blackwood River where it joins just east of Molloy Island. It is partly within the Scott National Park, which is named after the river.

Similarly the coastal plain that the river lies on goes east to Walpole is known as the Scott Coastal Plain

It is north east of Augusta and south of the Brockman Highway. Scott River Road is the main access road into the catchment area, which leaves the highway near Alexander Bridge.

The river catchment area has evidence of early indigenous usage of the area

It is the habitat of Boronia exilis otherwise known as Scott River Boronia as well as other threatened plant communities

The catchment area was known to have iron ore reserves, and the area had a short lived sand mine operation - BHP Billiton Beenup.

The hydrogeology and water condition of the area is sensitive to pollutants and human activity, and mining and other activities have usually not passed the requirements to not damage the catchment area.