by CoastView | Apr 23, 2026 | 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, 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, 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, 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...
by CoastView | Feb 7, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ClatsopSpit.mp3 Clatsop Spit is part of Fort Stevens State Park that projects north from the south bank of the Columbia River and the submerged portion forms the Columbia River Bar, about 80...
by CoastView | Jan 31, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/NewCarissa.mp3 New Carissa was a 639-foot (195 m) freighter that grounded on North Spit in 1999, causing an oil spill about 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Coos Bay and 4 miles (6.5 km) west of...
