05/17/21 - Fort Stevens State Park, OR - 1906 SHIPWRECK - With all the big winter storms around here and the constantly shifting sand dunes, itβs hard to believe that this shipwreck skeleton has become one of the most easily accessible and longest lasting in the world. This ship, the Peter Iredale, ran aground in 1906 while trying to make its way to the mouth of the Columbia River in bad weather: not an unusual occurrence as Mariners used to call this area the βGraveyard of the Pacificβ with over 2,000 ships being lost since the late 1700βs. This history is a great example of there being βmore than first meets the eye.β Glad we checked into it.












