Baker Bay
Baker Bay | |
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Location | Columbia River |
Coordinates | 46°17′55″N 124°0′3″W / 46.29861°N 124.00083°WCoordinates: 46°17′55″N 124°0′3″W / 46.29861°N 124.00083°W |
River sources | , Chinook River |
Basin countries | United States |
Baker Bay is a bay located just inside the mouth of the Columbia River, behind Cape Disappointment on the north side of the river, in Pacific County, Washington and Clatsop County, Oregon.[1]
Located on Baker Bay is the city of Ilwaco and the census-designated place (CDP) Chinook. The and Chinook River empty into the bay.
The bay was named in 1792 by William Robert Broughton, captain of HMS Chatham and part of the Vancouver Expedition. He named the bay for James Baker, captain of Jenny, which was anchored in Baker Bay when Broughton explored the river in 1792. Jenny and Chatham left together, crossing the Columbia Bar together.[2]
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baker Bay
- ^ Pethick, Derek (1980). The Nootka Connection: Europe and the Northwest Coast 1790-1795. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 127–128. ISBN 0-88894-279-6.
Categories:
- Bays of Oregon
- Bays of Washington (state)
- Bodies of water of Clatsop County, Oregon
- Bodies of water of Pacific County, Washington
- Estuaries of Washington (state)
- River bays
- Oregon geography stubs
- Washington (state) geography stubs