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Historic Oregon Nautical Charts, 1868-2009View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1938-1999
The Historic Oregon Nautical Charts consist of superseded navigational maps for the Pacific Coast from California to Washington, navigable bays and rivers on the Oregon Coast, and the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.
ID: MAPS Nautical
Extent: 9.0 cubic feet
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Scope and Content Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
Preferred Citation: Historic Oregon Nautical Charts (MAPS Nautical), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: All the charts were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries Historic Maps Collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2013.
Acquired: Additions to the collection are expected.
Languages of Materials

Container List

Series 1: Pacific Coast, 1888-2007 Add to Shelf
Series I consists of nautical charts of the Pacific Coast from California to Washington. Most of the charts depict sections of the Oregon coast.
Extent: 135 sheets
Folder-Item 1.1: West Coast of North America, 1975-1997 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 1.2: San Diego to Aleutian Islands and Hawaiian Islands, 1984-1996 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 25.1: Pacific Coast from San Franciso Bay to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 1888 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 2.1: Monterey Bay to Coos Bay, 1948-1972 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 2.2: Cape Blanco to Cape Flattery, 1961-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 2.3: San Francisco to Cape Flattery, 1961-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 2.4: Trinidad Head to Cape Blanco, 1940-1971 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 3.1: Cape Blanco to Yaquina Head, 1940-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 8 sheets
Folder-Item 3.2: Pyramid Point to Cape Sebastian, 1940-1974 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 25.2: Point St. George to Umpqua River, 1891 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 3.3: Yaquina Head to Columbia River, 1932-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 8 sheets
Folder-Item 3.4: Cape Sebastian to Humbug Mountain, 1939-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 4.1: Port Orford to Cape Blanco, 1940-1974 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 4.2: Columbia River to Destruction Island, 1940-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 9 sheets
Folder-Item 4.3: Pacific Coast - Cape Lookout to Grays Harbor, 1899 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 5.1: San Diego to Aleutian Islands and Hawaiian Archipelago, 1963-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 6.1: Cape Blanco to Cape Flattery, 1975-2003 Add to Shelf
Extent: 10 sheets
Folder-Item 6.2: San Francisco to Cape Flattery, 1975-2001 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 6.3: Monterey Bay to Coos Bay, 1974-2007 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 7.1: Columbia River to Destruction Island, 1975-2004 Add to Shelf
Extent: 8 sheets
Folder-Item 7.2: Yaquina Head to Columbia River, 1975-1997 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 8.1: Cape Blanco to Yaquina Head, 1975-1991 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 8.2: Port Orford to Cape Blanco, 1978-1999 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 8.3: Trinidad Head to Cape Blanco, 1975-1996 Add to Shelf
Extent: 3 sheets
Folder-Item 8.4: Cape Sebastian to Humbug Mountain, 1990 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 8.5: Pyramid Point to Cape Sebastian, 1982-1990 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 sheets
Series 2: Approaches, Bays, and Rivers on the Oregon Coast, 1868-2005 Add to Shelf
Series II consists of detailed charts of navigable rivers and bays on the Oregon Coast. These include approaches to the bays as well as estuaries. These charts are primarily at 1:10,000 and 1:20,000 scale. They include jetties, off shore rock features, and reefs as well as roads, streets, and other on-shore features.
Extent: 98 sheets
Folder-Item 26.1: Yaquina River Entrance, 1868 Add to Shelf
With inset map of entrance in May 1870.
Folder-Item 9.1: Coquille River Entrance, 1940-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 10.1: Coos Bay, 1940-1974 Add to Shelf
Extent: 9 sheets
Folder-Item 10.2: Umpqua River, Pacific Ocean to Reedsport, 1948-1972 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 26.2: Siuslaw River, 1938-1972 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 11.1: Yaquina Bay and River, 1960-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 11.2: Approaches to Yaquina Bay, 1956-1972 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 12.1: Yaquina River and Approaches, 1931 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 12.2: Tillamook Bay, 1932-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 8 sheets
Folder-Item 12.3: Nehalem River, 1939-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 13.1: Nehalem River, 1978-2004 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 13.2: Tillamook Bay, 1975-2002 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 13.3: Approaches to Yaquina Bay, 1974-1998 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 13.4: Yaquina Bay and River, 1975-1991 Add to Shelf
Extent: 5 sheets
Folder-Item 26.3: Siuslaw River, 1974-1985 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 14.1: Umpqua River, 1974-2001 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 14.2: Coos Bay, 1974-2005 Add to Shelf
Extent: 13 sheets
Series 3: Columbia and Willamette Rivers, 1884-2009 Add to Shelf
Series III consists of charts of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers as well as the Port of Portland. These charts are of moderate scale, ranging from 1:10,000 to 1:40,000. The 1880s and 1890s sheets of the Columbia River depict vegetation types along the river, islands, and braided channels. More recent maps of the Columbia River show dams, spillways, and fish ways.
Extent: 190 sheets
Folder-Item 15.1: Columbia River Sheet 1, 1890 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.2: Columbia River Sheet 4, Grim's Island to Kalama, 1888 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.3: Columbia River Sheet 5, Kalama to Fales Landing, 1888 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.4: Columbia River Sheet 6, Fales Landing to Portland, 1888 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 26.4: Approach to the Columbia River, 1884 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.5: Columbia River Sheet 2, 1890 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.6: Columbia River Sheet 3, 1911 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.7: Columbia River Sheet 4, 1888 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.8: Columbia River Sheet 5 - Kalama to Fales Landing, 1888 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.9: Columbia River Sheet 6 - Fales Landing to Portland, 1904 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 15.10: Columbia River Sheet 7 - Vancouver to Reed Island, 1904-1932 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 16.1: Columbia River Entrance (Pacific Ocean) to Harrington Point, 1938-1974 Add to Shelf
Extent: 11 sheets
Folder-Item 16.2: Columbia River, Harrington Point to Crims Island, 1940-1974 Add to Shelf
Extent: 9 sheets
Folder-Item 17.1: Columbia River, Crims Island to Saint Helens, 1940 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 17.2: Columbia River, Crims island to Saint Helens; Columbia River, Saint Helens to Vancouver, 1957-1974 Add to Shelf
Sheet 6154 is on the verso of sheet 6153.
Extent: 9 sheets
Folder-Item 17.3: Columbia River, St. Helens to Willamette River, Including Vancouver and Portland, 1940 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 17.4: Port of Portland including Vancouver, 1940-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 10 sheets
Folder-Item 18.1: Columbia River, Vancouver to Bonneville, 1948 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 18.2: Columbia River, Vancouver to Bonneville; Columbia River, Bonneville to the Dalles, 1953-1973 Add to Shelf
Sheet 6157 is on the verso of sheet 6156.
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 19.1: Columbia River, Lake Celilo, 1961-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 5 sheets
Folder-Item 19.2: Columbia River, John Day Dam to Blalock, 1961-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 19.3: Columbia River, Sundale to Heppner Junction, 1961-1972 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 19.4: Columbia River, Thanksgiving Island to Coyote Island, 1961-1972 Add to Shelf
Extent: 3 sheets
Folder-Item 19.5: Columbia River, Blalock Island to McNary Dam, 1961-1971 Add to Shelf
Extent: 3 sheets
Folder-Item 19.6: Columbia River, McNary Dam to Juniper, 1960-1971 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 19.7: Columbia River, Juniper to Pasco, 1960-1973 Add to Shelf
Extent: 5 sheets
Folder-Item 19.8: Swan Island Basin, Willamette River, 1955-1972 Add to Shelf
Extent: 5 sheets
Folder-Item 20.1: Willamette River, Portland to Walnut Eddy; Willamette River, Walnut Eddy to Newberg, 1956-1971 Add to Shelf
Sheet 6172 is on the verso of sheet 6171.
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 20.2: Willamette River, Walnut Eddy to Newberg, 1953 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 21.1: Columbia River, Pacific Ocean to Harrington Point, 1975-2008 Add to Shelf
Extent: 13 sheets
Folder-Item 21.2: Columbia River, Harrington Point to Crims Island, 1974-1998 Add to Shelf
Extent: 10 sheets
Folder-Item 22.1: Columbia River, Crims Island to Saint Helens and Saint Helens to Vancouver, 1975-2000 Add to Shelf
Extent: 10 sheets
Folder-Item 22.2: Columbia River, Saint Helens to Vancouver, 2000-2009 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 22.3: Port of Portland including Vancouver, 1975-2009 Add to Shelf
Extent: 12 sheets
Folder-Item 22.4: Swan Island Basin, Willamette River, 1974-2005 Add to Shelf
Extent: 9 sheets
Folder-Item 23.1: Willamette River, Portland to Walnut Eddy and Walnut Eddy to Newberg, 1974-2002 Add to Shelf
Extent: 6 sheets
Folder-Item 23.2: Columbia River, Vancouver to Bonneville and Bonneville to The Dalles, 1975-2005 Add to Shelf
Extent: 7 sheets
Folder-Item 23.3: Columbia River, Bonneville to The Dalles, 2001 Add to Shelf
Folder-Item 23.4: Columbia River, Lake Celilo, 1975-1990 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 24.1: Columbia River, John Day Dam to Blalock, 1975-1979 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 24.2: Columbia River, Sundale to Heppner Junction, 1974-1982 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 24.3: Columbia River, Alderdale to Blalock Islands, 1974-1982 Add to Shelf
Extent: 4 sheets
Folder-Item 24.4: Columbia River, Blalock Islands to McNary Dam, 1979-1984 Add to Shelf
Extent: 2 sheets
Folder-Item 24.5: Columbia River, McNary Dam to Juniper, 1979-1990 Add to Shelf
Extent: 3 sheets
Folder-Item 24.6: Columbia River, Juniper to Pasco, 1978 Add to Shelf