Little River (North Umpqua River)

Little River
Name origin: Little River in Tennessee, probably
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Douglas
Source	near Quartz Mountain
- location	Umpqua National Forest, Cascade Range
- elevation	4,482 ft (1,366 m)
- coordinates	43°11′07″N 122°40′59″W / 43.18528°N 122.68306°W / 43.18528; -122.68306
Mouth	North Umpqua River
- location	near Glide
- elevation	676 ft (206 m)
- coordinates	43°17′51″N 123°06′06″W / 43.29750°N 123.10167°W / 43.29750; -123.10167Coordinates: 43°17′51″N 123°06′06″W / 43.29750°N 123.10167°W / 43.29750; -123.10167
Length	30 mi (48 km)
Basin	206 sq mi (534 km2)
Location of the mouth of Little River in Oregon

The Little River is a tributary of the North Umpqua River, about 30 miles (48 km) long, in southwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the western side of the Cascade Range east of Roseburg, between the North and South Umpqua.

Little River rises north of Quartz Mountain in eastern Douglas County in the Umpqua National Forest. It flows west-northwest and joins the North Umpqua from the south at Glide, approximately 12 miles (19 km) east-northeast of Roseburg. The confluence is known as Colliding Rivers because of the nearly head-on angle at which the streams meet.

The current Colliding Rivers Information Center was originally the North Umpqua Ranger Station of the Umpqua National Forest. It was built in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and United States Forest Service (USFS). It was converted to a residence in the 1950s, but in 1990 the building began to be restored to be similar to the original condition for use as an information center. Opened in 1992, the visitor center is managed jointly by the Forest Service, the Roseburg Visitor and Convention Bureau and the Bureau of Land Management. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

An early name for the river was the East Umpqua. In 1855, a pioneer settler, Meshek Tipton, filed a donation land claim near the confluence of the East Umpqua and North Umpqua rivers. Tipton had lived near the Little River in Tennessee before emigrating to Oregon. It is thought that Tipton changed the East Umpqua's name to Little River in memory of his birthplace.