Lightship Columbia is the last lightship serving the Pacific Coast
Lightship Columbia, a 128-foot welded-steel lightship, was built in 1950 for the U.S. Coast Guard. It was stationed at the mouth of the Columbia River near Cape Disappointment between 1951 and 1979. Retired in 1979, after 28 years of service the Lightship Columbia was sold to the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria in 1980. Lightship Columbia, is afloat, open to the public as part of museum admission. On December 20, 1989, the Lightship Columbia was added to the National Register of Historic Places as National Historic Landmark #89002463.
The Columbia River Maritime Museum has the largest collection of Pacific Northwest maritime artifacts in the country and works to preserve the rich maritime heritage of the entire Columbia River region. Exhibits take an exciting look at the legendary Columbia River entrance, where the forces of the mighty Columbia River and Pacific Ocean meet to create one of the most dangerous bar crossings on the planet. There have been approximately 114 vessels wrecked, stranded, sunk in collisions, or capsized in the Columbia River estuary, on the nearby beaches or at sea within a few miles of the entrance giving it the name “Graveyard of the Pacific. Here, waves can exceed 40 feet in height during the most severe winter storms. This museum is one of the country’s finest displays about shipwrecks, lighthouses, fishing, navigation and naval history.
The Benjamin Young is located in the oldest town west of the Mississippi River, the beautiful and historic Astoria, Oregon of the Pacific Northwest. Benjamin Young was an early day salmon packer. He built this house on the original banks of the Columbia River in 1888. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and has 4 bedrooms available with private baths with views of the mighty Columbia River from each room.
Clementine’s Bed and Breakfast is an 1888 restored Italianate beauty in Astoria Oregon enjoying a prime location in the National Historic District, central to museums, restaurants, shops, galleries along the banks of the Columbia River.
Guests staying at these Astoria Oregon bed and breakfasts enjoy hiking, biking, kayaking the rivers trails, paths and surf. Over 600 Victorian homes are tucked away throughout town along with museums, galleries, antique shops and small intimate gift shops and fine restaurants.
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