by CoastView | Aug 16, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Historical, Oregon, Rivers
Prosper is a historical community on the Coquille River, about 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Coquille and 3 miles (5 km) northeast and upstream of Bandon, Oregon. The name was likely chosen in the hope the locality would be prosperous. In 1882, the first cannery...
by CoastView | Aug 10, 2023 | 2023, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
The Salmon River flows for about 24 miles (39 km) from the Central Oregon Coast Range, through the Siuslaw National Forest, to the Pacific Ocean south of Cascade Head, about 73 miles (118 km) southwest of Portland and 6 miles (10 km) north of Lincoln City, Oregon. The...
by CoastView | Aug 4, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Islands, Oregon, Rivers
Proposal Rock is at the mouth of the Neskowin Creek, about 10 miles (16 km) north-northeast of Lincoln City and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south-southwest of the community of Neskowin, Oregon. The rock is named for a local legend and is also located adjacent to the stumps of...
by CoastView | Jul 29, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Oregon, Rivers
Taylors Landing is a small community near the head of the tide on the Alsea River in the Coast Range, about 17.4 miles (28 km) west of Alsea and 6.4 miles (10 km) east-southeast of Waldport, Oregon. The river flows for about 48 miles (78 km) from the confluence of the...
by CoastView | Jul 17, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology is the marine station of the University of Oregon located a the mouth of Coos Bay, about 7 miles (11.3 km) southwest of North Bend and 0.3 miles (0.5 km) north of Charleston, Oregon. The University of Oregon has been teaching and...
by CoastView | Jul 11, 2023 | 2023, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
The Trask River is in northwestern Oregon, draining a mountainous timber-producing area of the Coast Range into Tillamook Bay, about 57 miles (92 km) west of Portland and 52 miles (84 km) south of Astoria, Oregon. It is one of five rivers—the Tillamook, the Trask, the...
