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| Lighthouses: Cape Disappointment and North Head |
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Cape Disappointment and North Head lighthouses, favorite visitor stops during summer and winter, are two of 750 guarding the shores of the U.S. Full Story >>> |
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| Lewis and Clark National Park |
| Celebrating America's most famous explorers who arrived here at the mouth of the Columbia in November 1805, Lewis and Clark National Park encompasses several of the West's most important historical places. Full Story >>> |
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| Cape Disappointment: Washington's vacation destination |
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Cape Disappointment is one Washington state's most famous and popular parks. Full Story >>> |
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| Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center |
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Overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center was recently expanded and now features new exhibits and ranger-led interpretive programs. Full Story >>> |
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| Ilwaco: Set sail for fun and adventure |
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lwaco is an incredible place. Full Story >>> |
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| Sandsations |
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The 26th Annual SandSations sand sculpture contest is coming to the Peninsula July 14 - 17. Full Story >>> |
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| Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum |
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Who was here before Lewis and Clark? What Peninsula town was once the richest in the United States? Full Story >>> |
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| Washington State International Kite Festival |
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If ever there was a place perfectly suited to flying kites, our long, long beach is it. Full Story >>> |
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| World Kite Museum |
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As the largest kite museum in the Western Hemisphere, the World Kite Museum is dedicated to the over 2,000 years of kite history and to showing the magic, art, science and sport of kiting. Full Story >>> |
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| Discovery Trail |
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Following the general path taken by Capt. William Clark and his men during their initial 1805 visit to the beach, Discovery Trail links the towns of Ilwaco, Seaview, Long Beach and Ocean Park. Full Story >>> |
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| Long Beach: Where families come to have fun |
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Long Beach is a fun place, famous in the Northwest for its eccentric charm, its bustling summer sidewalks, its many festivals and soaring kites. Full Story >>> |
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| Peninsula recreation: Many popular activities in long beach |
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| Long Beach Rodeo |
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Come join all the cowboys and cowgirls at the Peninsula Saddle Club on July 24 and July 25 at 1 p.m. for the 65th annual Long Beach Rodeo. Full Story >>> |
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| World famous salt water fishing |
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Nothing compares to the exhilaration of boating over waters where the Columbia River, having reached journey's end, rushes into the Pacific Ocean. Full Story >>> |
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| 2010 survey results |
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| Whale watching at the Mouth of the Columbia |
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From the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center each spring looking out beyond the tip of the North Jetty can be seen a distant blow, then another, then another. Full Story >>> |
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| The Clamshell Railroad |
| Seaview once was a main stop for our Peninsula's famous railroad. Full Story >>> |
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| Downtown Long Beach activities |
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One of the great things about Long Beach are all the affordable family activities, from free SummerFest events to old-fashioned carnival rides Full Story >>> |
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| Seaview: Beach, dunes and family tradition |
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Seaview was founded in 1881 by Jonathon L. Stout and his wife Anne Elizabeth Gearhart, daughter of Phillip Gearhart, for whom the town in northwest Oregon is named. Full Story >>> |
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| Cranberries: Many acres of bogs on the peninsula |
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A tiny red berry is big time from Seaview and Ilwaco, east to Chinook and north to the Ocean Park area. It's a cranberry. Full Story >>> |
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| Ocean Park: The heart of the Peninsula |
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ou'll pass by many areas worth exploring: Loomis Lake State Park; Loomis Lake fishing area; and the Klipsan Beach approach with its historic Coast Guard Life Saving Station, are some examples. Full Story >>> |
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| Clamming: The best place in the state to dig razor clams |
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Peninsula people are passionate about razor clams. And with good reason as this is usually the best place in the state to stalk the wily bivalves. Full Story >>> |
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| Chinook: Legendary fishing |
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The first Chinook was an Indian village on the inland shore of the Columbia River. Full Story >>> |
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| Fort Columbia historical state park |
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A 593-acre day-use historical park, Fort Columbia is a perfect place to spend an afternoon with a picnic lunch and an appetite for history and beauty. Full Story >>> |
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| Rod Run: To the end of the World |
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September is synonymous with Rod Run and the 2010 edition promises to be better than ever as about 1,000 vintage automobiles will again congregate at Wilson Field east of Ocean Park for the car show the Beach Barons started more than two decades ago. Full Story >>> |
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| Graveyard of the Pacific |
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Consider that more men have died in the Northwest Dungeness crab fishery since 1999 than in the Bering Sea crab fishery made famous in the TV series "Deadliest Catch." Full Story >>> |
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| Oysterville: National Historic District |
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The 80-acre Oysterville National Historic District and the areas immediately adjacent to it are the heart of Oysterville. Full Story >>> |
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| Nahcotta: The Peninsula's north end |
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Exploration of the communities north of Ocean Park is easiest traveling along Bay Avenue to the Willapa Bay side of the Peninsula (follow the signs to Nahcotta). Full Story >>> |
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| Learn about oysters & oystering |
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Come and learn about the history of Peninsula oystering at the Willapa Bay Interpretive Center in Nahcotta. Full Story >>> |
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| Leadbetter Point |
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Trumpeter swans can sometimes be observed in a preserve set up specifically for them adjacent to Leadbetter Point State Park or in Black Lake near Ilwaco, as above. Full Story >>> |
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| Long Island |
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Long Island is a 4,700-acre nature wonderland. Home to an abundance of wild birds and animals, it contains one of the last remaining reproducing climax forests, a unique, 274-acre stand of cedars that first sprouted during a dramatic West Coast climate change some 4,000 years ago. Full Story >>> |
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| Watching wildlife |
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The Discovery Coast has more bald eagles than any place south of Alaska, and more pelagic and coastal seabirds than anywhere else on the West Coast. Full Story >>> |
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| Raymond: Beautiful and historic |
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Raymond, the bustling heart of Pacific County, was founded in 1907 but was a thriving commercial and logging center for years before that. Downtown Raymond has been extensively remodeled - if you haven't been there in awhile, be sure to check it out, along with the old Raymond Theater! Full Story >>> |
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| South Bend: Friendly county seat |
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Snuggled against the shores of the Willapa River, South Bend offers visitors a wide variety of activities, sights and shops. Full Story >>> |
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| Carriages: Classic Vehicle Museum |
The Northwest Carriage Museum in Raymond offers visitors the chance to journey back to a time when if you didn't have a coach, you were probably walking.
Many of the carriages were in poor condition and deterioating when purchased. Full Story >>> |
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| Cape D: U.S. Coast Guard Station |
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At the southern-most point of the Peninsula lies one of the oldest and busiest Coast Guard stations on the West Coast: Cape Disappointment and the U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat School. Full Story >>> |
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| Marsh's Free Museum: Meet Jake the Alligator Man |
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When locals advise out-of-town guests about what to do, Marsh's Free Museum inevitably is on the list. Full Story >>> |
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| Staying safe on the Peninsula |
| The Peninsula is a wonderful place to visit. Pacific County Fire District 1 wants your stay to be an enjoyable one. Full Story >>> |
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| Astoria: A little San Francisco |
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Astoria has been called "a little San Francisco on the hill," an image easy to understand considering its Victorian architecture, river-front trolley and the age-old vision of ships passing by the city on their way out to sea. Full Story >>> |
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