OAR 250-020-0240: Boat Operations in Linn County

(1) Big Cliff Reservoir: A person must not operate a boat in the area between the debris boom and the dam. (2) Big Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within 200 feet of the shore. (3) Carmen Reservoir: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (4) Cheadle Lake: A person must not use an internal combustion engine to propel a boat. (5) Detroit Reservoir: (a) A person must not operate a boat for the purpose of towed watersports within 200 feet of shore and must operate in a counterclockwise pattern around the lake. (b) A person must not operate a boat behind anyone being towed closer than 300 feet nor cross the towing boat's bow less than 200 feet nor alongside the towed person(s) closer than 100 feet. (c) A person must not operate a boat in the area between the debris boom and the dam. (d) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed in the following areas: (A) Within 200 feet of shore; (B) Within 600 feet of the northwest shore of Piety Knob; (C) In the Brietenbush Arm and Breitenbush River upstream of a point approximately 2000 feet downstream of the Highway 22 bridge, as marked; (D) In the North Santiam River above a point 1,100 feet northwest of Hoover Rock, as marked. (6) Foster Reservoir: (a) A person must not operate a boat for the purpose of towed watersports within 200 feet of shore and must operate in a counterclockwise pattern around the lake. (b) A person must not operate a boat behind anyone being towed closer than 300 feet nor cross the towing boat's bow less than 200 feet nor alongside the towed person(s) closer than 100 feet. (c) A person must not operate a boat in the area between the debris boom and the dam. (d) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed in the following areas: (A) Within 200 feet of shore; (B) Upstream from the highway bridge crossing the South Santiam Arm; (C) Upstream from the highway bridge crossing the Middle Santiam Arm; (D) Within the posted area surrounding the Lewis Creek County Park. (7) Freeway Lakes (East, West, and Middle): A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH. (8) Green Peter Reservoir: (a) A person must not operate a boat for the purpose of towed watersports within 200 feet of shore and must operate in a counterclockwise pattern around the lake. (b) A person must not operate a boat behind anyone being towed closer than 300 feet nor cross the towing boat's bow less than 200 feet nor alongside the towed person(s) closer than 100 feet. (c) A person must not operate a boat in the area between the debris boom and the dam. (d) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH in the following areas: (A) Within 200 feet of shore, except for within the Quartzville Arm downstream of Rocky Top Bridge; (B) Within the Quartzville Creek Arm upstream from Rocky Top Bridge; (C) Within the Green Peter Creek Arm, as marked; (D) Within the Whitcomb Creek Arm upstream from the highway bridge; (E) Within the Middle Fork Santiam River Arm upstream from a point one mile below the Weyerhauser Bridge; (F) Within the Tally Creek Arm upstream from the Weyerhauser Bridge; (G) Within the Rumbaugh Creek Arm as marked. (9) Lake Ann: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (10) Lost Lake: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH. (11) Smith Reservoir: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH. (12) South Santiam River: A person must not use a jet pump drive to propel a boat upstream of the Lebanon Dam (approximate RM 21). (13) Trail Bridge Reservoir: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH.