Umpqua River jetties. Now perched a mile back from the Pacific, the lighthouse also is surrounded by U.S. Coast Guard housing for the nearby station at Salmon Harbor, one of Oregon's most ...

WINCHESTER BAY, Ore. – Since 1894, two white beams of light followed by a red one have pierced the darkness from the Umpqua River Lighthouse at Winchester Bay. The distinctive flashes let boat ...

In 1857, crews erected a light at the mouth of the Umpqua River, and four years later it collapsed into the river. In 1896, the Coquille River Lighthouse was constructed on a jetty, but that didn ...

• The original Umpqua River Lighthouse was the first one built on the coast of Oregon. Constructed on the north spit of the Umpqua River in 1857, it lasted only ...

The U. S. Coast Guard is releasing a Waterways Analysis and Management System report on the Umpqua River in Oregon which states that the Umpqua River Lighthouse is not required for safe navigation ...

Such is life in this summer recreation paradise east of Roseburg that’s been transformed by 14 wildfires burning as part of the 23,501-acre Umpqua North Complex.