List of Oregon Shipwrecks - Oregon Rivers

Oregon Rivers

Name Date Wrecked Vessel Type Location River Notes
Bully Washington 12 Dec 1857 steamship Scottsburg Umpqua River Filled in as the foundation of a dock.
Telephone 5 Jan 1892 steamship Scappoose Multnomah Channel / Willamette River Struck the revetment on the eastern shore of Coon Island. Heavy fog prevented the pilot from seeing its red cautionary light. The 80 passengers and 30 crew members were all saved.
Regulator 13 Jul 1898 steamship Cascade Locks Columbia River Wrecked on the rocks. The 160 passengers and most of the freight were landed on the Oregon shore. Towed in to drydock at Cascade Locks around September 1. The hull was found to be a "complete wreck."
Gypsy 11 Jun 1900 steamship Independence Willamette River Tore hole in bottom and sank in ten feet of water.
Rogue River 16 Nov 1902 sternwheeler Gold Hill Rogue River Struck a rock at what is now known as either Boiler Rapid or Boiler Riffle.
Welcome 13 Nov 1904 sternwheeler Myrtle Point Coquille River

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