Featured Image: Three Graces, photo courtesy of TEP While sports fishermen, paddlers and clammers spend countless hours playing in and along the edges of local bays, to the people behind the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership the health and future of local waterways, as well as the fun they can provide to human beings, are serious business. The nonprofit group, […]
Attractions
Garibaldi harbor combines recreation with working port for a vibrant atmosphere
Featured image: Seafood businesses line the docks at the harbor in Garibaldi. (Photo by LeeAnn Neal) Few towns on the Oregon coast offer as many marine-related businesses in one location as Garibaldi does at its harbor. Owned and maintained by the Port of Garibaldi, the harbor and adjacent land are home to three restaurants, two fresh […]
Garibaldi Maritime Museum: Captain Robert Gray would have been proud
Captain Robert Gray reportedly died at sea in 1806, most likely succumbing to yellow fever, never knowing that his exploits in the Pacific Northwest would one day make him famous. If only he had known that one day, the Tillamook County city of Garibaldi would celebrate him by naming a mountain after him, placing a […]
Garibaldi Cultural Heritage Initiative to give Pier’s End a new beginning
Featured Image: Photo courtesy of Save Garibaldi Pier. Pier’s End Boathouse, in Garibaldi, is worth a visit not only because it offers a unique vantage point for viewing Tillamook Bay, but because the decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard lifeboat station represents the region’s maritime history. Located roughly an eighth-of-a-mile south of the shore, off 12th Street, the […]
Riding the Rails on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
By Dena Weigel Bell Hissing brakes, grinding metal, and finally the unmistakable signal of a steam engine’s whistle cutting through the air. Few sounds can stir the hearts of everyone from seven to seventy like a thundering locomotive rolling down the tracks, but on a recent trip to the Tillamook Coast my family enjoyed the […]