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Title page 2320
Relation gov serial set 1955
Date 2005-10-24 to 2005-10-26
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Description shores the sands of the sea have accumulated into vast submerged banks, through which there are usually two channels for deep-draught vessels, though the most southerly one is seldom maintained in the same unchanging direction for five consecutive years. It is possible to close the northerly channel by running a low-water dike from Chinook Spit to Sand Island, but this would shoal Baker's Bay and destroy its usefulness as an anchorage for war vessels in their defensive relations to the...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,3304

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