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A June 1990 aerial photo of Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay (/ j ə ˈ k w ɪ n ə / yə-KWIN-ə) is a coastal estuarine community found in Newport, OregonYaquina Bay is a semi-enclosed body of water, approximately 8 km 2 (3.2 mi 2) in area, with free connection to the Pacific Ocean, but also diluted with freshwater from the Yaquina River land drainage.
Hatfield Marine Science Center. / 44.61917°N 124.04556°W / 44.61917; -124.04556. The Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) is a marine science research and education center next to Yaquina Bay of the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is operated by Oregon State University in cooperation with five state and federal agencies ...
Yaquina Head. / 44.6751162°N 124.0765063°W / 44.6751162; -124.0765063. Yaquina Head ( / jəˈkwɪnə / yə-KWIN-ə) is a headland extending into the Pacific Ocean north of Newport, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the site of the Yaquina Head Light, and is managed as Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area by the Bureau of Land ...
A steamship that was grounded on Clatsop Spit and wrecked in heavy seas. Tillamook Head. Detroit. 25 December 1855. A brig that bumped ground putting out of the Columbia River. Crew abandoned ship after she took on 7 feet (2.1 m) of water. Ship drifted south and ran aground at Tillamook Head. Tillamook Head. Brant.
Nye Beach is a central district in Newport in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Nye Beach historic overlay district is bounded on the north and south sides by Northwest Twelfth Street and Southwest Second Street respectively; on the east side by Hurbert Street and on the west side by the Pacific Ocean. [1] Situated on a sea cliff, the district has ...
A 23.5 mile long logging railroad, the Alsea Southern Railroad, needed for transporting logs to the Yaquina River was completed by the Spruce Production Division from South Beach, Oregon (near Newport, Oregon) to Yachats on Nov. 8, 1918, just three days before the war ended. Logs could then be floated on the river to the mill in Toledo, Oregon ...
Status. Open. Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The park is one mile (1.6 km) north of Depoe Bay, Oregon . Boiler Bay Viewpoint overlooks the small Boiler Bay.
At high tide the vessel was refloated. In 1904, Newport, Oregon was a small resort community with a year-round population of about 300 people living in the county. [citation needed] Yaquina City was about three miles (5 km) up Yaquina Bay. In 1904 T.M. Richardson spent most of its time running between Newport and Yaquina City.