Talk:Detroit, Oregon/Archive 1

low water picture of detroit lake listed in reference
I noticed a link to another website listed in the reference section. The link shows a photo of Detroit in low water and displays a statement that is not unbiased. I can't see how this is a reference, nor does it seem to qualify as good wiki content. I am discussing it rather than deleting it, to keep from getting in a edit war. I have asked User talk:Tedder to respond as an unbiased party. The photo itself, would be a good contribution to the gallery section.--John2165 (talk) 19:33, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I think it is okay. The article is backed up by the photo.  The rest of the commentary is highly POV but reinforces the fact that there was low water and the community was hurt by it.  It's amusing to think that a community of 260 or so would think that shutting off the generators would improve the overall situation—the impacts of low Santiam flow alone are enough to dismiss that idea.  —EncMstr (talk) 20:45, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not thrilled with it. It's effectively a blog, and wouldn't be relevant as an external link, let alone a reference. It shouldn't be too hard to find some reliable sources to use- I research it in the next few days, if nobody else has. The photo looks a little suspicious- it may just have the saturation pushed way up, but it isn't the same as how it looked when it came out of the camera. tedder (talk) 20:59, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

My concern was it was POV and not accurate. I don't think anyone considered just "turning off" the generators. I think this statement was written by someone a little uninformed and making assumptions. The generators turn only part of the day but water passes through the dam to maintain river levels. It is my understanding that all information in wikipedia must be verifiable and not a persons own writing. The fill curve stayed flat because the rainfall for 2001 during February, March and April was behind the normal level. The lake filled up to about 30 feet below normal but it became appharent that it would not be able to fill or maintain a level to allow the marina's to operate. Therefore, they decided to use the water to augment river levels. The river levels are regulated by the government to help Salmon and other species of fish. An economic impact study was conducted by OSU. This can be found online. Economic impact study for Detroit --John2165 (talk) 00:40, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * The generator thing doesn't appear on Wikipedia- the only thing that link is doing is supporting the "low level" statement. tedder (talk) 00:45, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Low Water commentary and comments about the old town.
Perhaps others will read our discussion and comment. Seeing the lake at such a low level was something to remember. The weeds began to grow up out of the muddy bottom that summer. I hope that never happens again. Thanks for your comments. I tried to search for verifiable information regarding the old town. I looked at photos on the Salem, Oregon Library web site. From what I could see, all the old buildings were constructed with beam and block foundations so there were no cement foundations left to see once the buildings were removed. I think some folks were hoping to find old photo's of the town showing just the foundations before the lake began to fill. I contacted the Salem, Library to get permission to use those photo's bet never got any response. --John2165 (talk) 16:43, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Founded by Michiganders?
I read somewhere that Detroit, Oregon was founded by transplants from Michigan who named their new town after Detroit, Michigan. Does anyone know whether this is true? Axeman (talk) 00:29, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

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