| The
City of Cannon Beach is located on the Pacific Northwest Coast
of Oregon, 80 miles
west of Portland and 25 miles south of Astoria, Cannon Beach
is surrounded by the rugged natural beauty of forests, ocean
beaches, and rivers. Only four miles in length, and with a
population near 1,600, Cannon Beach is a popular and picturesque
resort area, playing host to an estimated over 750,000 visitors
annually. Although Cannon Beach was incorporated as a city
in 1957, it has been occupied much longer: first by native
cultures, and then, since the late 1800s, by American settlers.
In 1806, Captain William Clark, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition,
traveled south to our area in order to secure needed blubber
from a whale beached near the mouth of Ecola Creek. A map
of the City of Cannon Beach,
prepared by the State of Oregon and the Federal Highway Administration,
is available for download. |
