Over the waves of time the waters of Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon have captured an untold number of lives – some remembered in diaries, dusty newspaper files and passing tales, and some forgotten in the cobwebs of passing years.
MAN & THE SEA features rare and exclusive historical photographs of shipwrecks at the mouth of the Columbia River. Experience breathtaking views of early Long Beach, Ilwaco, and Astoria that will shape your view of this area’s unique and rich history.
Steam schooner USS ARROW ashore 5 miles north of Long Beach, February 1947.
American steamship GREAT REPUBLIC ended her career aground on Sand Island, 1879.
American bark HARVEST HOME beached a few miles south of the ShoalwaterBay entrance, 1882.
Steel-hulled freighter IOWA– one of the worst recorded shipwreck disasters in the Columbia River bar area with a loss of an entire crew of 34 when it sunk off Peacock Spit, 1936.
KLIPSAN BEACH LIFE SAVING STATION aka Ilwaco Beach
Steel-hulled freighter LAUREL, loaded with lumber, lost a steering engine in heavy seas and was driven onto Peacock Spit.
Schooner PESCAWHA was instrumental in saving the CAOBA crew, and also known for being a prohibition era “rum runner”.
Steam schooner POINT LOMA beached near Seaview, 1896.
German bark POTRIMPOS giving way to the elements after an earlier stranding 6 miles north of the Columbia River entrance, 1896.
SOUTH JETTY CONSTRUCTION YARDS, circa 1880s
Steam schooner SOLANO stranded near Ocean Park, 1907.
Russian freighter VASLAV VOROVSKY breaking up on Peacock Spit in 1941. This shipwreck providing 1,000 cases of lard for locals.
Aftermath of collision between WELSH PRINCE and IOWAN off Altoona on the Columbia River, 1922.
In early 1930, the wreck of steamer ADMIRAL BENSON gave the treacherous spit of land near Peacock Spit it’s name – Benson Beach.
Schooner ALICE shipwrecked off Ocean Park, Washington, January 1909.
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Steam schooner USS ARROW ashore 5 miles north of Long Beach, February 1947.
American steamship GREAT REPUBLIC ended her career aground on Sand Island, 1879.
American bark HARVEST HOME beached a few miles south of the ShoalwaterBay entrance, 1882.
Steel-hulled freighter IOWA– one of the worst recorded shipwreck disasters in the Columbia River bar area with a loss of an entire crew of 34 when it sunk off Peacock Spit, 1936.
KLIPSAN BEACH LIFE SAVING STATION aka Ilwaco Beach
Steel-hulled freighter LAUREL, loaded with lumber, lost a steering engine in heavy seas and was driven onto Peacock Spit.
Schooner PESCAWHA was instrumental in saving the CAOBA crew, and also known for being a prohibition era “rum runner”.
Steam schooner POINT LOMA beached near Seaview, 1896.
German bark POTRIMPOS giving way to the elements after an earlier stranding 6 miles north of the Columbia River entrance, 1896.
SOUTH JETTY CONSTRUCTION YARDS, circa 1880s
Steam schooner SOLANO stranded near Ocean Park, 1907.
Russian freighter VASLAV VOROVSKY breaking up on Peacock Spit in 1941. This shipwreck providing 1,000 cases of lard for locals.
Aftermath of collision between WELSH PRINCE and IOWAN off Altoona on the Columbia River, 1922.
In early 1930, the wreck of steamer ADMIRAL BENSON gave the treacherous spit of land near Peacock Spit it’s name – Benson Beach.
Schooner ALICE shipwrecked off Ocean Park, Washington, January 1909.
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