SCRATCHPAD
Shipwrecks of the North Coast
By LISSA BREWER
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
Earlier this month, a group of archaeolo-
gists, rescue personnel and others ventured
into a series of sea caves near Manzanita,
recovering pieces of a centuries old mys-
tery. R emains believed to belong to the Santo
Cristo de Burgos, a Manila galleon ship
which wrecked in the late 17th century along
a series of North Coast headlands, were
retrieved for study by experts.
Remains have now found their way to the
Columbia River Maritime Museum in Asto-
ria, where I recently had the chance to take
in a series of exhibits focused on the Colum-
bia-Pacifi c region’s notorious waterways,
including a new display on shipwrecks. Ves-
sels like the Rosecrans, Iowa, Laurel and oth-
ers are profi led in the display, brought to life
by news archives, rescue gear and artifacts.
Some weeks earlier, I also visited the
Nehalem Valley Historical Society in Manza-
nita, where two exhibits now on view high-
light maritime artifacts and legends. Both
museums have on display large pieces of
beeswax, found along local shores, the spoils
of the Santo Cristo de Burgos, known locally
as the beeswax wreck.
It’s one of thousands of recorded ship-
wrecks across the region, discussed among
visible sites like the Wreck of the Peter Ire-
dale. The shell of the latter, explored by
generations of visitors among the breaking
waves at Fort Stevens State Park, is chroni-
cled in a series of vintage photographs at the
M aritime M useum, reminders of change, and
of what remains.
Lissa Brewer
Children play on the Wreck of the Peter Iredale at Fort Stevens State Park during low tide.
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