Tillamook Bay Station Site

Garibaldi, OR

Also known as Tillamook Bay

The Tillamook Bay Station Site site was established in 1943 (at this site, 1908 at original site)

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This site was moved in NA. Active from 1908 to 1943 at original site. (See Station ID # 409.1)

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This is an active site from 1943-present

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Designation number: 312 (325)

Station still active. 1942 station house survives.

Station Site Notes:

1905 site selected for new station and title obtained; 1906 title secured; 1907 contract for new station made June 1907 and station under construction; 1908 completed and put into commission (USLSS Annual Reports). Station built in 1907; station Tillamook Bay was located two miles southeast of Barview, Oregon and was originally called Barview Life Saving Station. A river patrol on Nehalem River operated out of Tillamook Bay Station but was discontinued in 1980, but listed as operational in the summer of 1983. A new Tillamook Bay station is still in operation (USCG Historian's Website).

Buildings at this Station Site

The 1942 station house is surviving at this site

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