Cannon Beach, Oregon Cannon Beach, Oregon Cannon Beach is a town/city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States.
Cow elk near Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach The first recorded journey by an American to what is now Cannon Beach was made by William Clark, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in early 1805.
In December 1805, two members of the expedition returned to camp with blubber from a whale that had beached a several miles south, near the mouth of Ecola Creek.
That viewpoint, later dubbed "Clark's Point of View," can be accessed by a hiking trail from Indian Beach in Ecola State Park.
Clark and a several of his companions, including Sacagawea, instead of a three-day journey on January 10, 1806, to the site of the beached whale.
In 1846, a cannon from the US Navy schooner Shark washed ashore just north of Arch Cape, a several miles south of the community.
The cannon, rediscovered in 1898, eventually inspired a name change for the burgeoning community.
In 1922, Elk Creek was redubbed Cannon Beach (after the name of the beach that extends south of Ecola Creek for 8 miles (13 km), ending at Arch Cape) at the insistence of the Post Office Department because the name was incessantly confused with Eola.
The cannon is now homed in the city's exhibition and a replica of it can be seen alongside U.S.
Highway 101 formerly ran through Cannon Beach.
The subsequent flooding inundated parts of Cannon Beach and washed away the highway bridge positioned on the north side of city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.54 square miles (3.99 km2), all land. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Cannon Beach has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 88.4% White, 0.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 9.1% from other competitions, and 1.5% from two or more competitions.
There were 759 homeholds of which 19.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 45.3% were non-families.
16.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 12.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20% were from 25 to 44; 31.6% were from 45 to 64; and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.57% White, 0.19% African American, 0.88% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 3.27% from other competitions, and 2.77% from two or more competitions.
There were 710 homeholds out of which 20.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 17.4% under the age of 18, 12.3% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
Cannon Beach is an well-to-do tourist resort destination. Because of its adjacency to Portland, Oregon, it is especially known as a weekend getaway spot for Portlanders. Chain stores such as Safeway and Mc - Donald's have been discouraged from building in Cannon Beach in order to preserve the small-town economy and small-town feel. Cannon Beach is recognized by its well-known landmark, Haystack Rock, positioned southwest of downtown Cannon Beach, near Tolovana Park.
Four parks can be found inside town/city limits: Haystack Hill State Park, Les Shirley Park, John Yeon State Natural Site (closed to visitors) and Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site.
The Cannon Beach Gazette, a small-town journal that covers region politics, news, sports and improve affairs, is presented bi-weekly on every other Thursday of the month.
Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park have appeared in a several films including: The Goonies (1985), Twilight (2008), Hysterical, and Point Break. The chief road through Cannon Beach is Hemlock Street, which runs from the north end of the town/city to the south, through Tolovana Park.
A shuttle runs from the north of Cannon Beach to the south. This shuttle runs a loop that joins Cannon Beach and Seaside every hour and costs $1 (as of February 2013).
The North - West POINT runs between Cannon Beach and Union Station in Portland; tickets can be booked through Amtrak.
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