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C.H. Wheeler was a schooner-rigged unpowered lumber barge that operated during the year 1901, making only a few voyages before it was wrecked near Yaquina Bay with the loss of one life.
Yaquina Head (/ j ə ˈ k w ɪ n ə / 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 Management. [2]
At about 2 a.m., the boat ran aground on the south beach of Yaquina Bay. The Yaquina Bay life-saving crew, under the command of Captain Wellendar, heard steam exhausting and went to investigate. They found Truant and with two trips, took off the passengers. There was no damage to the boat and no one was hurt.
Wrecked at Alsea bar The Yaquina bay station, and crew, of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, circa 1905. Harrison arrived at Newport, Oregon from Umpqua, under Captain P.O. Hansen, on Wednesday, September 20, 1905, with a load of cannery supplies intended to go to the Elmore & Co. cannery at Alsea Bay.
Arriving at Yaquina Bay, Columbia found the bar so rough that two coastal steamers at the bay were unable to depart. [19] Columbia did enter the bay, but the next day sea conditions were still too extreme for Montesano , so Columbia had to depart without the sternwheeler.
Yaquina City The WV&C Railroad's track came to an end several miles upriver from today's Newport at a hastily contrived terminus called "Yaquina City." Instead of reaching Yaquina Bay at Newport, a new "city" was created several miles upriver called Yaquina City. Envisioned as a hub of trade, the small loading dock that served as the terminal ...
Antelope was a steamboat that was operated on the Coquille River and on Coos Bay on the southern Oregon coast from 1886 to about 1908. Antelope was a versatile boat, which served in various roles, including passenger transport, barge towing, and as a fisheries tender.
The Yaquina Head Light, also known early in its existence as the Cape Foulweather Lighthouse (though Cape Foul Weather is 4 miles to the north) is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, established in 1873. It is located in Lincoln County, near Newport at Yaquina Head. The tower stands 93 feet (28 m) tall, and is the tallest ...