A successful campaign to get the Roe River recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest river in the world originated from students at Lincoln Elementary School in Great Falls, Montana. Students Molly A. Petersen and future NFL football player Dallas Neil put in an appearance on the Tonight Show as part of this effort.
Previously, Oregon's D River was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's shortest river at 134 meters (440 feet). This title was lost in 1989 when Guinness named the Roe River as the world's shortest. Not to be detered, the people of Lincoln City, submitted a new measurement to Guinness of about 36 meters (120 feet) long, when marked at "extreme high tide".[1]
^ Finley, Carmel (1988-05-04). "D River Reclaims 'Lost' Title", The Oregonian. Retrieved on 2007-09-24. "Ginther said he determined that the D River flows from a fish control structure at the entrance of the lake west to where a huge driftwood log marks the point of extreme high tide, give or take five feet, and depending on sand elevation. That is 120 feet."
