Ilwaco

The Columbia River and sheltered Baker Bay define the setting of Ilwaco — they place this small port on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula, where commercial fishing and boating remain part of the working waterfront. Just west, Cape Disappointment meets the Pacific Ocean at the river’s hazardous entrance, long known to mariners as the Columbia River Bar. Cape Disappointment State Park preserves Fort Canby, a coastal-defense post established in 1863, while North Head Lighthouse has marked the nearby headland since 1898. Ilwaco’s port is also a practical base for exploring the peninsula’s beaches and the lower Columbia. Trace Ilwaco’s place on Washington’s southwest coast by browsing webcams nearby.

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