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Coast guard patrol boat. Lost while attempting to aid the crew of a barge caught on the Yaquina Bar. Newport: Parker #2: 26 February 1935: Dredge: Newport: Dorothy Joan: 13 September 1945: Newport: Etta Kay: 11 December 1946: Schooner: Newport: John Aspin: 22 April 1948: As of 1986, portions of the cargo ship's hull were still visible at low ...
The Fraser River separates the Cascades from the Coast Mountains in Canada, [4] as does the Willamette Valley from the upper portion of the Oregon Coast Range. The highest volcanoes of the Cascades, known as the High Cascades, [5] dominate their surroundings, often standing twice the height of the nearby mountains. They often have a visual ...
Gold Beach, Oregon Gold Beach ( Tolowa : yan-shu’-chit, [ 5 ] yan-shuu-chit’-dvn [ 5 ] ) is a city in and the county seat of Curry County , Oregon , United States, [ 6 ] on the Oregon Coast . The population was 2,241 at the 2020 census .
Devils Punch Bowl State Natural Area is a state day use park on the central Oregon Coast in the United States. It is centered on a large bowl naturally carved in a rock headland which is partially open to the Pacific Ocean. Waves enter the bowl and often violently churn, swirl, and foam. [1]
It is the largest estuary completely within Oregon state lines. [2] [3] The Coos Bay watershed covers an area of about 600 square miles and is located in northern Coos County, Oregon, in the United States. The Coos River, which begins in the Oregon Coast Range, enters the bay from the east. From Coos River, the bay forms a sharp loop northward ...
[8] [9] The northern boundary is the Columbia River, with some mountainous features on the north side of the river, and continues south for approximately 100 miles (160 km) to the Salmon River where Oregon Route 18 crosses the range from the Willamette Valley to the Oregon Coast with width roughly 35 miles (60 km).
The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [1] east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what is now the state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming.
Klamath Falls (/ ˈ k l æ m ə θ / KLAM-əth) is a city in, and the county seat of, Klamath County, Oregon, United States.The city was originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867.