North Head Lighthouse stands atop a rocky promontory a mile or two north of the Columbia River mouth. Long empty beaches flank the promontory to the north and south, interrupted only by the river that dumps its enormous load of water and sand forming the most dangerous river bar of the entire Pacific coast of the Americas. The Columbia drains an area as large as France, and the currents, waves, wind, and shifting sands at the river mouth create a tempestuous turmoil that has claimed countless boats and ships.
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