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  Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Cape Blanco was named by the Spanish Captain Martin de Aguilar in 1603.
Langlois served for 42 years at Cape Blanco, starting in 1875 as assistant keeper to Charles Peirce (formerly of Yaquina Bay light).
In 2002-2003, the Cape Blanco lighthouse underwent a thorough restoration.
www.rudyalicelighthouse.net /NWLts/CpBlanco/CpBlanco.htm   (701 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Cape Blanco (Oregon)
Cape Blanco () is a prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States, forming the westernmost point in the state.
It is located in northern Curry County, approximately 5 mi (8 km) north of Port Orford, along a mountainous and isolated stretch of the coast bounded to the east by the Coastal Range.
The cape is the location of the Cape Blanco Lighthouse, first lit in 1870.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Cape_Blanco_%28Oregon%29   (248 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Cape Blanco Lighthouse has recently (as of summer 2004) undergone a major facelift including painting the outside, cleaning and patching mortar on the inside and general maintenance.
Cape Blanco light is truly in a class by itself.
Cape Blanco also has the distinction of being the first Oregon lighthouse to have a woman keeper.
www.tunnel13.com /light/blanco/blanco.htm   (258 words)

  
 Blanco Holiday Farm and Guest Resort
Blanco horses are suitable for adults and children.
Blanco is a nature-lover's delight with its own private game reserve.
And then finally, for those with aching muscles from the abundance of activities, there is the Blanco Salon where guests can have their pains and troubles expertly massaged away.
www.blanco.co.za /activities.htm   (528 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Slope Soaring - R/C Model Airplanes Ride the Wind
To view the Cape's current and recent wind data, visit iwindsurf.com's Cape Blanco webpage.
The following explanation of Dynamic Soaring refers to Cape Blanco and is from the ShredAir website.
Given a 20-mph north wind at Cape Blanco, a DS speed of 200 mph is theoretically possible.
www.homebythesea.com /CapeBlancoSlopeSoaring.html   (644 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Light House (downloadable card model) Port Orford, Oregon
Cape Blanco Light was automated in 1980 and declared off limits to the public.
A lighthouse was badly needed on Cape Blanco, a broad spur projecting about one and a half miles from the coastline north of Port Orford.
Albert Anderson, a civilian keeper at Cape Blanco during the war, recalled the summer of 1942 in a later interview.
www.fiddlersgreen.net /buildings/lighthouses/blanco/info/info.htm   (1112 words)

  
 Port Orford, Oregon - Gateway to America's Wild Rivers Coast
Cape Blanco Light Station was built on 47.7 acres of land.
Cape Blanco’s lens measures 4’8" in diameter and 6’8" in height.
Cape Blanco Lighthouse is open to the public through a cooperating agreement between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Coquille Indian Tribe, Curry County and the Friends of Cape Blanco.
www.portorfordoregon.com /blanco.html   (978 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse, Oregon at Lighthousefriends.com
Before construction began on the Cape Blanco Lighthouse, the site was covered with a dense spruce forest, but the trees had to be felled to prevent obstruction of the light.
The ranch is now Cape Blanco State Park, and the Hughes' home, a two-story Victorian built in 1898 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, remains standing and is open to the public for tours.
Cape Blanco's two keepers' dwellings, oil house, water tower, and other utility buildings are all long gone, but the majestic tower, the centerpiece of the station, remains, and visitors are allowed to ascend the spiral staircase to the lantern room, where the repaired lens can be viewed.
www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=125   (1068 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Walter Mabin was the last keeper to retire at Cape Blanco under lighthouse service, however, Albert Anderson transferred to Cape Blanco and was given a choice to continue his current statues/title as a civil servant or to join the U.S. Coast Guard.
Anderson kept his title and lived at Cape Blanco until he took a position in Washington to be closer to higher education for his two children.
In 1911, Cape Blanco's signal changed from a steady beam to a flash 1.8 seconds bright-18.2 eclipse, managed by a clockwork system used to either raise and lower a shade or revolve a shade around the lamp to produce the new signal.
www.discoveroregonlighthouses.com /blanco.html   (1087 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cape Blanco is a spur that stretches one and a half miles off the Oregon Coast.
At the end of it, Cape Blanco's lighthouse sits majestically on a 200 foot cliff.
Just our luck, we drive all the way to Cape Blanco, see that the parking lot is empty (lucky us!), then see a sign saying that the lighthouse is closed.
www.cyberlights.com /lh/oregon/blanco.htm   (342 words)

  
 Oregon/Washington | Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | US Department of the Interior   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This is a very descriptive name, as the cape appears to be the finger nail upon the landscape; a long, thin promontory sticking out from the rest of the coastline.
Cape Blanco was purchased by the US Lighthouse Board in 1867.
The team consists of representatives from the BLM, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, the the Friends of Cape Blanco, Curry County, the Coquille Indian Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon.
www.blm.gov /or/resources/heritage/culcapeblanco.htm   (763 words)

  
 Grass Iris at Cape Blanco, Oregon Coast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The drive out to Cape Blanco is perhaps the best place to see masses in bloom.
Cape Blanco is the westernmost point in the contiguous 48 states.
Cape Blanco is the location of an Oregon State Park with a large and quiet overnight campground.
www.ashcreekimages.com /CoastGrassIris.html   (156 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Light House...a trip back in time
Cape Blanco Light House...you'll get a trip back in time when you visit this most historical monument along the majestic Oregon Coast.
The history of Cape Blanco Light House is recorded in the keeper's log.
Constant scraping and painting was required as the Cape Blanco Light House was tortured by the elements; 120 miles per hour winds, constant salt spray, blistering sun and down-pours of rain.
www.travel-to-oregon-tips.com /cape-blanco-light-house.html   (366 words)

  
 Discover Port Orford
Thousands of visitors flock to the Cape each summer to experience the 64-step climb to the lanternroom, learn the cape's intriguing history and geology, experience the wind and watch for whales, which are often spotted between the offshore rocks.
Cape Blanco offers many other outdoor activities to fill your day: hiking, horseback riding, beachcombing and fishing are a few possibilities.
Cape Blanco Lighthouse is open to the public through a cooperating agreement between the United State Coast Guard, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the Coquille Indians.
www.discoverportorford.com /cblighthouse.php   (460 words)

  
 Cape Blanco (Oregon) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cape Blanco (42°50′ N 124°34′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=42_50_N_124_34_W_)) is a prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States, forming the westernmost point in the state.
The cape is part of Cape Blanco State Park.
Oregon State Parks: Cape Blanco State Park (http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_62.php)
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cape_Blanco_%28Oregon%29   (120 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Cape Blanco lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in Oregon, built in 1870.
In 1936, the original first order lens was replaced by a slightly smaller one and the light was electrified, using 1000 watt bulbs.
The Cape Blanco is also Oregon's most southerly and most westerly lighthouse, and the highest above sea level at 245 feet.
www.lorneslights.com /OR/or101.html   (150 words)

  
 Paghat's Garden: Sedum spathulifolium
I obtained the Cape Blanco Stonecrop when it was a three inch square.
Cape Blanco is a cultivar of a species native to the Pacific Northwest, a wildflower of Oregon & northern California.
'Blanco' means "white" alluding to the color of the fleshy leaves, but 'Cape Blanco' is named for a cape near Port Orford, Oregon, on which stands a lighthouse furthest south of any in the state, & which is today part of a state park.
www.paghat.com /sedum_capeblanco.html   (435 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse - Port Orford, Oregon @ US-Lighthouses.com
Cape Blanco in southern Oregon is the state's highest light.
Directions: The lighthouse is located at the end of Cape Blanco Highway in Cape Blanco State Park.
Cape Blanco State Park is located about six miles north of Port Orford.
www.us-lighthouses.com /displaypage.php?LightID=193   (172 words)

  
 Cape Blanco State Park, an Oregon State Park
Cape Blanco is the most southern of Oregon's lights, and is the westernmost point in Oregon.
Cape Blanco State Park and other Places to take your Pet in Port Orford...
House is the centerpiece of Cape Blanco State Park and is located approximately 8 miles north and...
www.stateparks.com /cape_blanco.html   (604 words)

  
 Cape Blanco State Park Campground | Oregon Camping Sites
Cape Blanco State Park is the farthest south.
The cape, park, reef, lighthouse, airport, and road from US 101 all bear the name Blanco, first given to the dramatic ivory cliffs that rise 200 feet above a fl sand beach.
The lush vegetation that stays green all year at Cape Blanco (thanks to the temperate marine climate) has been thoughtfully preserved in the campground, lending a certain air of mystery to many of the campsites.
www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=CGW048-007   (288 words)

  
 Friends of Cape Blanco, a Non-Profit Organization for the benefit of Cape Blanco Lighthouse & Historic Hughes House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Perched high atop a cliff, jutting into the sea is the Cape Blanco Lighthouse; its brilliant beacon guiding mariners past jagged, hidden rocks for well over 100 years.
Cape Blanco is rich with history of ancient peoples and early explorers traversing the coast line.
Lighthouse history is shared with guests from all over the world, through a partnership between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon State Parks, the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians, Coquille Indian Tribe, Curry County and the Friends of Cape Blanco.
www.portorfordoregon.com /Friends/capeblanco.html   (203 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse - Original Watercolor Paintings, Historic, Lighthouses, Heceta Head, Cape Blanco, Oregon ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cape Blanco Lighthouse - Original Watercolor Paintings, Historic, Lighthouses, Heceta Head, Cape Blanco, Oregon Lighthouses,
Oregon's oldest lighthouse, Cape Blanco was built in 1870.
Located on the most westerly point, this is Oregon's most southerly beacon, visible 22 miles at sea.
www.coakleycollection.com /index.php?pg=body_set5|prod4&prod=50   (56 words)

  
 Cape Arago lighthouse - Oregon Coast Lighthouses (light house)
The picture to the right is taken from Sunset Bay State Park, south of the Cape Arago Lighthouse.
Cape Arago's tower is 44 feet high, and was illuminated in 1934.
If you would like a glimpse of the Cape Arago Lighthouse, follow Cape Arago Highway out of North Bend, or McLain Libby Drive out of Coos Bay, towards Charleston.
nwcoast.com /lighthouses/oregon/capearago.asp   (274 words)

  
 Coos Regional Trails Partnership
This trail offers spectacular vistas starting with the Cape Blanco Lighthouse, including views of the coastline along the way, and ending with mouth of the Sixes River glistening in the distance.
The name Cape “Blanco” (“white”) is said to come from Spanish sailors because cliffs of fossilized shells gave a whitish appearance.
At the beginning of the trail is a view of the Cape Blanco Lighthouse.
www.coostrails.com /traildescriptions/northcape/northcape.htm   (230 words)

  
 Storm Watch, Port Orford Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cape Blanco wind gauge hit 77 mph this morning, not to mention a short torrential downpour that dumped about a half inch of rain.
November 19, 2006: Wind on the Cape is up to 64 mph, wind at Battle Rock is up to 24 mph, the Cape hit 64 mph already gust across the dock hit 48 earlier.
Don't count on the warning lights to warn of hazardous travel, unfortunately, it is protected from this storm and providing an unsafe sense of secure travel.
www.lighthousekeeper.com /storm4.html   (1676 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouse - Oregon Coast Lighthouses (light house)
If you visit during normal hours on weekdays, it is likely that you will get an opportunity to take a glimpse inside.
Cape Blanco is located between mile post 296 and 297, six miles off Highway 101.
This is approximately four miles north of Port Orford on the Oregon Coast.
www.nwcoast.com /lighthouses/oregon/capeblanco.asp   (273 words)

  
 Cape Blanco on the Oregon Coast - a Cape Blanco Lighthouse picture
Wild purple iris dot the windy coast of Cape Blanco.
First price = the wall print of Cape Blanco on the Oregon Coast is framed in Brushed Aluminum; 2nd price=wall print framed in wood of your choosing.
This Cape Blanco panorama, Cape Blanco on the Oregon coast, began as a Cape Blanco Lighthouse picture set.
www.strengthinperspective.com /zzzcloser/ALLpans/panblanco.htm   (348 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Light   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cape Blanco is the southernmost of Oregon's lights.
In 1992, vandals broke into the lantern room and smashed several sections of the lens, including one of the eight bull's-eyes.
Two years later, after nearly $20,000 in repairs, Cape Blanco's fresnel shone again.
lighthousegetaway.com /lights/blanco.html   (127 words)

  
 Cape Blanco
Approximately 20 miles south of Bandon, stands the last lighthouse on the Lower Oregon Coast, Cape Blanco.
Just north of Port Orford, Cape Blanco is the westernmost point in state of Oregon and yet another GORGEOUS area for scenery.
OK, to the point, this page has photos of the Cape Blanco Lighthouse as well as the gorgeous area surrounding it.
www.julieteacher.com /picturepages/LowerCoast/CapeBlanco.htm   (379 words)

  
 Alora :AFFORDABLE properties in Alcala la Real, Alcaudete, Jaen, Granada, Andalucia, Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
An earthquake that measured 6.3 on the Richter Scale, with its epicentre south-west of Cape St Vincent (Portugal), was felt in much of the province of Malaga last Monday, 12th February.
Although its epicentre was out to sea, nearly 500km to the southeast of Cadiz shockwaves of 4 on the Mercalli scale were felt in Sevilla, Malaga, Cadiz and Huelva.
The three works are: 'Retrato de Paulo con cuello blanco', 'Retrato de Olga' and 'Mujer con gorro y con cuello de piel'.
www.1casa.com   (1828 words)

  
 Cape Blanco Lighthouses Oregon Coast
Cape Blanco Lighthouse Located on Oregon's most westerly point of land, Cape Blanco Lighthouse was built in 1870 and is Oregon'e oldest.
Oregon's most southerly beacon is visible 22 miles at sea.
Located six miles west of Highway 101, north of the town of Port Orford, Cape Blanco Lighthouse can be found adjacent the state park which bears its name.
www.oregoncoastradio.com /capeblanco.htm   (126 words)

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