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The point of the cape is located on the Pacific Ocean in Washington's Pacific County, approximately two miles (3.2 km) southwest of the town of Ilwaco. [1] Cape Disappointment sees about 2,552 hours of fog a year, which is the equivalent of 106 days—making it one of the foggiest places in the U.S. [2] [3]
Park sites include Fort Canby, the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, North Head Lighthouse, and Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. [2] Cape Disappointment is one of several state parks and sites in Washington and Oregon that are included in Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. [3]
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center: Ilwaco: Pacific Southwest History Located in Cape Disappointment State Park, story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also park cultural, military, maritime and natural history website: Lewis Army Museum: Fort Lewis: Pierce Puget Sound Military History of Fort Lewis and the military units that served there
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center [118] U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848–1915: Cape Disappointment: NRHP 75001864: August 15, 1975 Also: Cape Disappointment Light: Newport Oregon U.S. Coast Guard Station Newport [119] U.S. Coast Guard 1915–Present: CG-36503: No N/A: N/A Ocean Park Washington Klipsan Beach Life Saving Station Vacation Rentals ...
Cape Disappointment State Park, formerly known as Fort Canby State Park, is a 1,882-acre (762 ha) camping park on Cape Disappointment on the Long Beach Peninsula, fronted by the Pacific Ocean. The park offers 27 miles (43 km) of ocean beach, two lighthouses, an interpretive center, hiking trails, and the remains of Fort Canby. The Cape ...
In 1882, the first full-time Life Saving Service crew was sworn in at this site. Then in 1915, the Life Saving Service merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard. The existing station was first occupied in February 1967 and is currently the site for Station Cape Disappointment and the National Motor Lifeboat ...
Jack Guy, who has dyslexia, is one of the initiative’s eight fellows at museums around England training in the sector and working with people with disabilities in the community on museum projects.
The original first-order lens is on display at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Cape Disappointment State Park. The fourth-order lens is exhibited at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon. [9] US Coast Guard training in a motor lifeboat off Cape Disappointment, November 2009