Clatsop County(61) ► ADJACENT TO CLATSOP COUNTY Columbia County(9) ► Tillamook County(19) ► Washington County(2) ► Pacific County, Washington(22) ► Wahkiakum County, Washington(3) ►
Touch name on this list to highlight map location. Touch blue arrow, or on map, to go there.
On Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101) north of Carnahan Road North, on the right when traveling north.
The 1821 naval carronade and the ship's capstan which were located on this site have been moved to the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum for safe keeping from continued weathering and vandalism.
The carronade was replaced at this site by an . . . — — Map (db m177297) HM
On Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101) north of Carnahan Road N, on the right when traveling north.
Lt. Neil M. Howison, U.S.N., arrived in the Columbia River 1 July, 1846 on board the 300-ton United States Naval Survey Schooner "Shark" for the purpose of making an investigation of part of the Oregon Country. His report was instrumental in . . . — — Map (db m113513) HM
On Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101) north of Carnahan Road North, on the right when traveling north.
Cannon Beach was named after a carronade (a short, smoothbore, cast iron naval cannon) found buried in the sand nearby. The cannon broke free of the USS Shark's deck during a shipwreck at the mouth of the Columbia River on September 10, 1846. . . . — — Map (db m177304) HM
