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[[File:SheltonDitchNear12th.JPG|thumb|right|Shelton Ditch at 12th Street]]
'''Shelton Ditch''' is an artificial [[canal]] in [[Marion County, Oregon]], United States. Built in the mid-19th century, it originates from [[Mill Creek (Marion County, Oregon)|Mill Creek]] east of [[McNary Field|Airport Road]] in [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]], passes through a corner of the Salem main Post Office property, and along the southern edge of downtown Salem. Shelton Ditch passes by the north side of Pringle Park before emptying into [[Pringle Creek (Willamette River)|Pringle Creek]]. After the Mill Race joins Pringle Creek near Salem's city hall, Pringle Creek passes under Commercial Street and empties into the [[Willamette River]] next to [[Riverfront Park (Salem, Oregon)|Riverfront Park]] across from [[Minto-Brown Island Park]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050312213135/http://www.cityofsalem.net/~naturalr/CREEKS/pringle_creek.htm About Pringle Creek]</ref>

Shelton Ditch passes along the edge of [[Salem Hospital (Oregon)|Salem Hospital]]'s property. This has been a problem in the past as Shelton Ditch is prone to flooding, necessitating evacuation of the hospital's patients, including during the [[Christmas flood of 1964]].<ref name=Flood>{{cite web |url= http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOBOX1=Salem%20Memorial%20Hospital&CISOFIELD1=descri&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Shelton%20Ditch&CISOFIELD2=descri&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all |title= Images of Shelton Ditch during 1964 Willamette Valley flood |publisher= Salem Public Library |work = Oregon Historic Photograph Collections |accessdate= December 4, 2008}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of canals in Oregon]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://water.usgs.gov/wrri/07grants/2007OR80B.html "Campus and Community Monitoring and Restoration of Mill Creek/Shelton Ditch"] grant information from USGS State Water Resources Research Institute Program
*[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Shelton%20Ditch&CISOFIELD2=descri&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic images of Shelton Ditch] from Salem Public Library

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[[Category:Canals in Oregon]]
[[Category:Geography of Salem, Oregon]]
[[Category:Willamette River]]
[[Category:Geography of Marion County, Oregon]]
[[Category:19th-century establishments in Oregon]]

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