Umpqua is accessible for steamers, and for small sailing vessels only, under very favorable circumstances. "When off Cape Arago, in clear weather, the high sand bluffs of the Umpqua are plainly seen." "The coast from the Umpqua river to the Columbia is... Notices of the Western Coast of the United States - Page 10by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1851 - 55 pagesFull view - About this book
| Commerce - 1851 - 796 pages
...from the Umpqua River to the Columbia, is generally bordered by a sand beach, with white sand-hills, and the interior is densely wooded with fir or pine....proceeding to the northward, in winter, make Killamook head, and if the weather renders approach to the bar of the Columbia undesirable, keep to the southward... | |
| 1851 - 796 pages
...from the Umpqua River to the Columbia, is generally bordered by a sand beach, with white sand-hills, and the interior is densely wooded with fir or pine....bold, but afford no shelter for anchoring. In the eurnmcr a vcfsel may anchor in twenty fathoms, off any of these beaches. The Ahrya, Yarjuinna, and... | |
| Coastwise navigation - 1853 - 248 pages
...hills, and the interior is densely wooded with fir or pine. The cliffs, when they occur, are bo\At but afford no shelter for anchoring. In the summer, a vessel may anchor in 20 fathoms off any of these beaches. The Alseya, Yaquinna, and Killamook Rivers require further examination.... | |
| Oregon Historical Society - Local history - 1915 - 478 pages
...circumstances. "When off Cape Arago, in clear weather, the high sand bluffs of the Umpqua are plainly seen." "The coast from the Umpqua river to the Columbia is...anchor in twenty fathoms off any of these beaches. 12 Ewing Harbor is now known as Port Orford. 13 Cape Orford is now Cape Blanco. 1 4 Kowes River —... | |
| Oregon Historical Society - Northwest, Pacific - 1915 - 470 pages
...circumstances. "When off Cape Arago, in clear weather, the high sand bluffs of the Umpqua are plainly seen." "The coast from the Umpqua river to the Columbia is...anchor in twenty fathoms off any of these beaches. 12 Ewing Harbor is now known as Port Orford, 1 3 Cape Orford is now Cape Blanco. 14 Kowes River —... | |
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