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  2. Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment - Wikipedia

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    United States Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, situated near Cape Disappointment, Washington, at the mouth of the Columbia River, is the largest United States Coast Guard search and rescue station on the Northwest Coast, with 50 crewmembers assigned. Cape Disappointment Station is also the site of the oldest search and rescue station ...

  3. Cape Disappointment State Park - Wikipedia

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    Cape Disappointment State Park (formerly Fort Canby State Park) is a public recreation area on Cape Disappointment, located southwest of Ilwaco, Washington, on the bottom end of Long Beach Peninsula, the northern headlands where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean.

  4. Ilwaco, Washington - Wikipedia

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    Ilwaco (/ ɪ l ˈ w ɑː k oʊ / il-WAH-koh) is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,087 at the 2020 census . Founded in 1890, the city was home to the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company along the Long Beach Peninsula , with its core economy based on logging and timber rafting .

  5. Tide table - Wikipedia

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    The dates of spring tides and neap tides, approximately seven days apart, can be determined by the heights of the tides on the classic tide tables: a small range indicates neaps and large indicates springs. This cycle of tides is linked to the phases of the moon, with the highest tides (spring tides) occurring near full moon and new moon.

  6. Columbia Bar - Wikipedia

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    Bathymetric map of the Columbia River mouth: isobaths at five-foot (1.5 m) intervals, 15–310 feet (4.6–94.5 m). Sandbars in yellow. The Columbia Bar is a system of bars and shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River spanning the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.

  7. Long Beach Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Long Beach Peninsula. The Long Beach Peninsula is an arm of land on the southern coast of the state of Washington in the United States.Entirely within Pacific County, it is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the south by the Columbia River, and the east by Willapa Bay.

  8. McGowan, Washington - Wikipedia

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    McGowan [1] was a stop on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company's narrow gauge line that ran on the Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Washington, United States from 1889 to 1930. [2] In the late 19th century, P.J. McGowan bought land in the area for $1,200, and built his house, a dock and a salmon cannery on the site. [3]

  9. List of lighthouses in Washington - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Washington as identified by the United States Coast Guard. [1] There are eighteen active lights in the state; three are standing but inactive, three were supplanted by automated towers, and two have been completely demolished. Two lights, one of them still active, serve as museums.