account of this battle see Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, chapter III, which consists of a statement by Captain J. M . Kirkpatrick.
Bayocean, Tillamook County. This place is on the long neck of land lying between Tillamook Bay and Pacific Ocean. It was named in 1907 by the Potter-Chapin Realty Company of Portland, which established it as a summer resort, and named it because of its proximity to the two features mentioned.
Bays. The important bays and harbors of the Pacific Ocean in Oregon, from north to south, are:
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Columbia River |
Alsea Bay |
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It is an interesting fact that while most of the capes and headlands of Oregon were discovered and named before Lewis and Clark arrived, few of the harbors had been seen by white men up to that time.
It is possible that in 1603 Martin de Aguilar discovered the mouth of Coos Bay and mistook it for a river. This matter is discussed under the name Cape Blanco in this series of notes. On August 17, 1775, Captain Bruno Heceta anchored off the mouth of the Columbia River, the entrance to which he gave the name of Assumption Bay. Although the currents lead him to believe he was near a river, he did not make the entrance, and thus lost the honor of discovering the Columbia. He named the north cape of the entrance Cape San Roque and the south Cape Frondoso, now Point Adams.
John Meares was the next explorer to make any important mention of Oregon bays and harbors. For details of Meares' voyage off the Oregon coast see the in-
