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Coos Bay Waterfront. Coos Bay (Coos: Atsiixis [6]) is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or Oregon's Bay Area. [7]
Coos Bay National Bank, headquartered here until 1956, played a leading role in the development of Coos Bay during the period between the world wars and in the city's emergence as a major lumber port. [9] 21: Coquille City Hall: Coquille City Hall: October 14, 1992 : 99 E. 2nd St.
Coos Bay is the homeland of two bands of Native people, Miluk and Hanis. Both today are often referred to as "Coos". [3] Lewis and Clark noted Cook-koo-oose for Coos Bay people. [4] The origin of the name "Coos" is probably influenced both by the Lewis and Clark reference and the name for the region in the Hanis and Miluk languages, kuukwis. [5]
Coos Bay is Oregon's largest bay, and the lower part of the bay offers many shellfishing opportunities such as crabbing and clamming. [36] The lower bay is the area that extends from the airport to the ocean entrance, and is marine dominated (meaning there is little freshwater influence).
Wolverine was built in Coos Bay in 1908, as was the steamboat Coquille. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,184 people, 1,686 households, and 1,129 families living in the city. The population density was 1,538.3 inhabitants per square mile (593.9/km 2). There were 1,850 housing units at an average density of 680.2 per square mile (262.6/km 2 ...
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