Tillamook Bay

It is located just north of Cape Meares in western Tillamook County approximately 75 mi (120 km) west of Portland.

The bay is protected from the open ocean by shoals and a 3 mi (5 km) sandbar called the Bayocean Peninsula.

The name "Tillamook" is Coast Salish word meaning "Land of Many Waters", probably referring to the rivers that enter the bay.

Historians believe they entered the area around the year 1400 and Lewis and Clark estimated the population south of the Columbia River along the coast at approximately 2,200.

The first American at Tillamook Bay was Captain Robert Gray who in August, 1788 arrived and explored the surrounding area.

In 1911 an Oregon Municipal corporation called the Port of Bayocean was formed by a special election to manage land at the entrance to the bay.