Logan River

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This article is about the river in Queensland, Australia. For the river with the same name in Utah, USA, see Logan River (Utah).

The Logan River is a river in south-eastern Queensland. It begins near the New South Wales border between Mts Lindesay and Ernest, on the edge of Mount Barney National Park, before heading north, east, and eventually flowing into Moreton Bay.

Its principal tributary is the Albert River which joins it just east of Beenleigh. To the west of Rathdowney, one of the river's tributaries, Burnett Creek, is subverted by the Maroon Dam.

It was discovered in August 1826 by Captain Patrick Logan.

On July 4th, 2006, the Queensland Government decided against the construction of a Logan River dam at Tilley's Bridge in Rathdowney, due to mounting public pressure and high road diversion costs. Instead, a dam was proposed for the Wyaralong site on the Teviot Brook near Boonah, which will inundate 15 properties instead of the 100 for the Tilley's Bridge site.

The Tilley's Bridge dam, if it had been approved, would have inundated the area of land between Tilley's Bridge, just to the south of Rathdowney, and Bigriggan Camping Reserve, some eight kilometres west, covering a significant section of the Boonah-Rathdowney Road.

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