by CoastView | May 8, 2026 | 2026, Communities, Land Use, May 2026, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gardiner.mp3 Blacks Island sits at the confluence of the Smith and Umpqua rivers, on the historic Southern Pacific Railroad spur line connecting Eugene with Coos Bay, about 1.7 miles (2.7 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 30, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Communities, Land Use, May 2026, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SiuslawRiver.mp3 The Siuslaw River flows generally west-northwest for 110 miles (177 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Florence, about 53 miles (85 km) west of Eugene and 43 miles (69 km) south of...
by CoastView | Apr 23, 2026 | 2026, April 2026, Beaches, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SiltcoosRiver.mp3 The Siltcoos River begins at the outlet of Siltcoos Lake and meanders generally west for three miles (4.8 km) through the Oregon Coastal Dunes to the Pacific Ocean, about...
by CoastView | Mar 27, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, March 2026, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/FortStevens.mp3 Fort Stevens was constructed during the American Civil War as an earthwork battery on the south shore at the mouth of the Columbia River on Point Adams, about 15 miles (24 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 28, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Historical, Land Use, March 2026, Oregon, Parks, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PeterIredale.mp3 Peter Iredale was a British four-masted bark that ran aground in 1906 on Clatsop Spit, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Astoria and 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Hammond, Oregon....
by CoastView | Feb 21, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, February 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Crissey-Field.mp3 The Winchuck River starts at an elevation of about 2,000 feet (610 m) and flows generally south-west for 19 miles (31 km) through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest to...
