The Ogden River's three forks (North, Central, and South) begin in the
Wasatch Range in Weber County and converge at
Pineview Reservoir, near
Huntsville. The river then flows southwest through
Ogden Canyon, the city of
Ogden, and the border of
West Haven and
Marriott-Slaterville where it joins the
Weber River. The Ogden River is older than the Wasatch Mountains. As the mountains slowly rose over the last 15 million years by periodic faulting on the Wasatch fault, the river was able to cut through the landscape to create the remarkable Ogden Canyon, which is a roughly long canyon with a series of smaller side canyons. The city of Ogden is at the western end of Ogden Canyon, with the eastern end at
Pineview Dam. Originally named after 19th-century fur trader
Peter Skene Ogden, the Ogden River has been a source of irrigation since the early 20th century. Pineview Dam was completed in 1937 as one of a series of projects by the
Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Ogden River Project. This project attempts to supply irrigation to of nearby land. Other related projects include the Ogden-Brigham Canal, which connects the river with
Brigham City to the north, the reconstructed Ogden Canyon Conduit, and the South Ogden Highline Canal. ==See also==