Barview Jetty
built in 1917, out of 37,000 tons of stone, extending 5,213 feet into the ocean. From the elevated lookout tower in Barview, the U.S. Coast Guard watches the bar crossing, nearby waters, and shoreline for vessels in distress. Oregon’s second-largest campground offers a 160-acre coastal oasis for day users and tent and RV campers alike. This Jetty was built partly due to the Potters and their development of BayOcean Park.
Bayocean
Bayocean, what they called the “Atlantic City of the West.” Or “The millionaires playgoround, was Developed by the Potters in 1906. Bayocean had a hotel, a bowling alley, general store, natatorium with a heated saltwater wave pool, a neighborhood of around 2,000 homes and even a small railroad..There was no road when it was built so a 130-foot wooden yacht with three steam-powered engines and masts adorned with colorful flags was used to transport people from Portland from the columbia river through the Tillamook bay to the resort. As opposed to a two-day trip on a sternwheeler, it was capable of transporting vacationers in style just 12 hours. However due to weather conditions sometimes vacationers were stranded for days waiting to pass the mouth of the Columbia or into the bay. The potters pushed to get the jetty built to make communting their vacationers easier. Little did they know that the jetty would alter the sea currents causing bayocean to be slowly swept away. The first 2 houses fell into the sea in 1920. This was just considered a natural disaster due to a bad ocean storm. In 1928 a road was finally completed connecting Bayocean to the rest of the world. In 1926 the ocean started to sweep away the foundation of the natatoreum. This inspired some to give up their vacation homes or move them farther inland. The depression in 1929 sealed the fate of Bayocean. People could no longer afford to vacation and Bayocean was forgotten and fell to thievery. In the 1930’s a huge storm broke over the spit and washed away sections of the main road. During WW2 however the population of Bayocean rebounded with soldiers renting now unoccupied cottages. But after WW2 the town again fell into ruins. Another storm in 1948 expanded already existing gaps in the main road making it impassable. In 1952 another storm opened up a half mile wide gap at the south end. Bayocean was now an island and the Tillamook bay was being filled with incoming water and sand. A breakwater was constructed in 1956 to stop the bay from filling. This however did not help Bayocean and by 1971 there was not a single remaining dwelling. The south Jetty was built in 1979 and since being built the shoreline of Bayocean has returned and the island is once more a spit.
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