Images of Rail- North Beach Peninsula's IR&N Gary Jobson protected anchorages and sandy beaches

protected anchorages and sandy beaches

This little bit of paradise remained as nature shaped it for many thousands of years of Native American habitation

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he continues his long-term goal of revealing the myriad ways the physical and built landscape have morphed and yet also remained stable

Images of Rail- North Beach Peninsula's IR&N Gary Jobson protected anchorages and sandy beachesFor nearly 40 years, the quirky little narrow gauge railroad, begun in 1889 by the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, ran along the North Beach Peninsula in southwestern Washington. The train provided the primary transportation link from Ilwaco in the south to Nahcotta in the north, making peninsula communities accessible to one another and supplying a reliable route to outside markets for the area's major industries oystering, wood cutting, and