Places: OR-Cape Meares

 
Cape Meares-335' (Netarts) (45.4859357, -123.9745763)

Cape Meares Lake-10' (Garibaldi) (45.5074204, -123.9503107)

Description : Trips : References : Pictures 


Description:

From GNIS: 

• Cape Meares
• The name Cape Meares was applied to the cape in 1857 by George Davidson. The variant name is of Tillamook origin.
• Also called:
• Nascowitzen
• Cape Mears
• From the decision card:
• 1790 -Voyages in 1788-1789 from China to Northwest
  America, by John Meares, p. 169.
  Local usage "The Cape Lookout of Meares is in latitude 45°29*, and is known as Cape Meares.* (Pac. Coast Pilot, 1869, p. 433).
  

  1857 -George Davidson (see his statements in Pacific
  Coast Pilot, quoted below) . 
  "We applied the present name to the cape in 1857 because the name
  Lookout had been previously applied to the cape eight miles southward.'
  (Pac. Coast Pilot, 1869, p. 437)
  
• Cape Meares Lake
• At the N end of Cape Meares, between the Pacific Ocean shore and Bayocean Dike, 4.5 km ( 2.8 mi) SW of Bay City.
• Also called Biggs Cove

Trips:

• August 5, 2022 - Visited the Creamery and Point Meares

References:

• Wikipedia
• Oregon State parks
• Cape Meares Nation Fish and WIldlife
• Tillamook Coast
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Pictures:

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