 As the mountains slowly rose over the last 15 million years by periodic faulting on the Wastach 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.