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  • Pair of cannons found on Oregon Coast could be from 1846 ship

    02/19/2008 11:20:33 AM PST · by Squidpup · 33 replies · 9,451+ views
    The Oregonian ^ | February 19, 2008 | Noelle Crombie
    The discovery of a pair of pre-Civil War era cannons on the Oregon Coast this week has caused a stir among archeologists, historians and coast residents who have flocked to Arch Cape to get a look. The cannons, which residents and a state park official speculate came from the USS Shark, a survey schooner that ran aground on the Columbia Bar in 1846, washed up this week. One appeared Saturday and the other appeared Monday night as a state park official was documenting the discovery of the first one. The first cannon was spotted by a Tualatin father and daughter,...