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Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park 02
Cannon Beach, Oregon, U.S. Haystack Rock and other offshore rock formations seen from Ecola Point, Ecola State Park. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Cannon Beach, Oregon, U.S. Haystack Rock and other offshore rock formations seen from Ecola Point, Ecola State Park
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Cannon Beach
How work, access and surfing shaped Cannon Beach.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Cannon Beach is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work at the water’s edge
The Tillamook people lived along this coast before the modern town of Cannon Beach took shape.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Cannon Beach.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Surfer silhouettes on Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach, United States. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Cannon Beach, United States
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC0
ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
Cannon Beach’s official visitor record describes an established surfing scene with access to nearby Indian Beach and Short Sands Beach.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Cannon Beach is recorded at 45.892° N, 123.963° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park 02
Cannon Beach, Oregon, U.S. Haystack Rock and other offshore rock formations seen from Ecola Point, Ecola State Park. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Cannon Beach, Oregon, U.S. Haystack Rock and other offshore rock formations seen from Ecola Point, Ecola State Park
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Cannon Beach now
Cannon Beach is a tourist resort destination, particularly popular as a weekend getaway with residents from Portland, Oregon.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park 02
AOD.US.CANNON-BEACH.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Surfer silhouettes on Cannon Beach
AOD.US.CANNON-BEACH.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Cannon Beach, Oregon overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.