History
The Logan was discovered in August 1826 by Captain Patrick Logan. Logan initially named the river the Darling River, but to avoid confusion, Governor Ralph Darling ordered the name be changed to honour its discoverer.
A toll bridge on the river north of Beenleigh was collecting money by the late 1930s as weekend traffic between Brisbane and the Gold Coast increased.
The flooding in the lower reaches of the river were the worst for the 20th century during the 1974 Brisbane flood.
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