Astoria is the seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Situated near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor. His American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1811.
Population: 9,477
Latitude: 46° 11' 16.37" N
Longitude: -123° 49' 52.50" W
The Astoria–Megler Bridge is a steel cantilever through truss bridge that spans the Columbia River between Astoria, Oregon and Point Ellice near Megler, Washington, in the United States. Located 14 miles (23 km) from the mouth of the river, the brid…
The Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. It was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles (6 km) south of th…
Long Beach is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States.
Fort Stevens was an American military installation that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River in the state of Oregon. Built near the end of the American Civil War, it was named for slain a Civil War general and former Washington Territory governor…
Clatsop County /ˈklætsəp/ is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,039. The county seat is Astoria.
The Columbia Bar, also frequently called the Columbia River Bar, is a system of bars and shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River spanning the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.
Cape Disappointment is a headland located at the extreme southwestern corner of Washington State on the north side of the Columbia River bar, at (46°16′6.13″N124°5′3.52″W). The point of the cape is located on the Pacific Ocean in Pacific County, ap…
Cape Disappointment State Park, formerly known as Fort Canby State Park, is a 1,882-acre (762 ha) Washington state park located southwest of Ilwaco, on the southern part of Long Beach Peninsula, which fronts the Pacific Ocean.. The park is one of se…
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean upstream to its source.
Ilwaco (/ɪlˈwɑːkoʊ/ US dict: ĭl·wâ′·kō) is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States.
Seventy-seven rivers and creeks of at least 50 miles (80 km) in total length are the longest streams of the U.S. state of Oregon. All of these streams originate in the United States except the longest, the Columbia, which begins in the Canadian prov…
USS Plainview (AGEH–1) was, in its time, the world's largest hydrofoil. Named for the cities of Plainview, New York and Plainview, Texas, she was also the United States Navy's first hydrofoil research ship. Plainview was laid down 8 May 1964 by the …
United States Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, situated near Cape Disappointment, Washington at the mouth of the Columbia River, is the largest United States Coast Guard search and rescue station on the Northwest Coast, with 50 crewmembers a…
The Captain George Flavel House Museum, known also as Capt. George Flavel House and Carriage House or the Flavel Mansion, is now a house museum in Astoria, Oregon, United States.
Astoria Regional Airport (IATA: AST, ICAO: KAST, FAA LID: AST) is a public airport in Warrenton, three miles southwest of Astoria, in Clatsop County, Oregon.
Naselle is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 419 at the 2010 census. Though very near Columbia River's estuary, the valley's Naselle River flows west into nearby Willapa Bay and then int…
Clatsop Community College (CCC) is a comprehensive, 2-year community college with facilities in Astoria and Seaside, Oregon.
The Cape Disappointment Light is a lighthouse on Cape Disappointment near the mouth of the Columbia River in the U.S.