Places: OR-Woahink

 

Woahink Lake-43' (Florence) (43.9153905, -124.1002208)
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Woahink Creek-10' (Florence) (43.8903976, -124.1081719)
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Summerbell Arm Woahink Lake-43' (Florence) (43.9165092, -124.0901164)
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Little North Woahink Lake-56' (Florence) (43.9340116, -124.0886211)
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Description:

The bottom of the lake is below sea level.

 

From GNIS:

• Woahink Lake-820 acres in size with a maximum depth of 74 feet.
• Little North Woahink Lake-also known as Little Woahink Lake
  

Trips:

• August 15, 2023 - Camped at Honeyman State Park and went for a walk along the western shore of Woahink Lake.
  

References:

• Dunes City - gives a history of the lake
• Wikipedia
• Oregon by the Ocean - a personal essay on the Lake
• Shichils' Blog - On the origins of the name
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Places: OR-Jessie Honeyman

 

 

Jessie Honeyman-___' (Quad) (43.9269712, -124.1115949)
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Jessie Honeyman president of the Oregon Roadside Council, Honeyman worked with Samuel Boardman, Oregon's first Superintendent of State Parks in the 1920s and 1930s, to preserve Oregon coastal lands.

We stayed at campsite 73. It is close to the bathroom with showers. Relatively secluded, even though there is a walkway to the bathroom beside the camp site. The campground was quiet.

Trips:

• August 14, 15, and 16, 2023 - Camping there on our trip up the Oregon coast
  

References:

• State Park information
• Wikipedia
• Trip Advisor
• Dunes City
  

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Places: OR-Exploding Whale Park

 

 

Exploding Whale Park-___' (Quad) (lat, long)
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 What to do when a sperm whale washes up on your beach and dies? Why dynamite it  of course! That is what any red-blooded American would do. Of course, there are consequences of doing that. 

Unfortunately for the residents of Florence, the whale did not blow out to sea as planned, nor did it break into convenient bits for seagulls to carry off. After a spectacular explosion, bystanders were horrified to find huge chunks of blubber hurtling towards their heads. A car over a quarter of a mile away was crushed under one of the pieces, and everyone present was reportedly coated in “particles of dead whale.”  From Atlas Obscura

See the YouTube video for the actual explosion. Also one of the reports noted that a high-explosive expert was also on hand and said that it was too much dynamite. He had just bought a car-which got smashed by falling blubber.

Trips:

• August 15, 2023 - To watch the sunset, but there was only fog.
  

References:

• Wikipedia
• City of Florence
• Oregon Live
• Atlas Obscura
• YouTube on the original broadcast
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  August 15, 2023
  

  
  

  

  August 15, 2023 - Gary in a chair
  

  
  

  

  August 15, 2023