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Winchester Bay, formerly Umpqua City, is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Winchester Bay as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name.
Winchester Bridge over the North Umpqua River. Winchester is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is on the south bank of the North Umpqua River 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Roseburg on Interstate 5 and is included in the Roseburg North CDP for statistical purposes.
The tribes did not have contact with Europeans until 1792. In 1828, Lower Umpqua (Kuitsh) people massacred members of the Jedediah Smith Party and attacked the Hudson's Bay Company's fort in 1838. [1] Most of their population died in the epidemics which followed European contact. [7]
As of the 2000 census, there were 100,399 people, 39,821 households, and 28,233 families living in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile (7.7 people/km 2). There were 43,284 housing units at an average density of 9 units per square mile (3.5/km 2).
The community of Winchester Bay is north of the lake; Umpqua Lighthouse State Park and the mouth of the Umpqua River are to the northwest, and Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area runs along the coast to the west. [4] The outflow from Clear Lake is south to Edna Lake, Clear Creek, and Eel Lake. [1]
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Discover Oregon Lighthouses: Umpqua; Umpqua River Lighthouse - photos and touring information; June 9, 2005, Statesman Journal article on Umpqua River Lighthouse; Umpqua River Lighthouse entry at Lighthouse Friends.com; Umpqua River Light entry in National Park Service inventory of historic lighthouses Archived 2006-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
The Oregon Dunes are a unique area of windswept sand. They are the largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America and one of the largest expanses of temperate coastal sand dunes in the world, [2] with some dunes reaching 500 feet (150 m) above sea level. They are the product of millions of years of erosion by wind and rain on the Oregon ...