In 1852, a schooner went off course and wrecked on Coos Bay’s North Spit. The survivors set up temporary shelter now known as Camp Castaway. Story by Michael Shay Editor’s Note: This story appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Oregon Coast Magazine. “The vessel sprung a leak soon after […]

One woman describes her time as a fire lookout on the south coast in the late 1950s. STORY BY THERESA VERBOORT Driving south of Coos Bay, on Highway 101, my mind always flashes back to my stint as a forest fire lookout, when I was a new graduate of Bandon […]

Update June 2022: Ship timbers recently extracted from a sea cave near Manzanita were dated to the 1600s, providing strong evidence that they were from the Spanish galleon, Santo Cristo de Burgos. To read more about the recent find, visit the webpage for the Maritime Archeological Society. The timbers are […]