Point Ellice
Point Ellice is a cape in Pacific, Washington. Point Ellice is situated nearby to the hamlet Megler, as well as near McGowan.- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Pacific County, Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “Blustery Point”, “Blustry Point”, “No-wehtl-kai-ilse”, and “Point Ellis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dismal Nitch and Astoria Bridge.
Dismal Nitch
Rest area
Photo: PortlandSaint, CC BY 4.0.
Dismal Nitch is the name of a cove along the lower Columbia River in Washington state, notable as the Lewis and Clark Expedition's last campsite before sighting the Pacific Ocean.
Astoria Bridge
Bridge
The Astoria–Megler Bridge is a steel cantilever through-truss bridge in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States that spans the lower Columbia River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Megler and McGowan.
Megler
Hamlet
Megler is a small unincorporated community in Pacific County in the U.S. state of Washington. Named for legislator Joseph G. Megler, the community is at the mouth of the Columbia River on the north shore of the river.
McGowan
Hamlet
Photo: Gayinspandex1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
McGowan was a stop on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company's narrow gauge line that ran on the Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Washington, United States from 1889 to 1930.
Knappton
Hamlet
Knappton is a ghost town in Pacific County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. It is located not far from the mouth of the Columbia, a few miles east of the Astoria-Megler Bridge.
Point Ellice
- Category: landform
- Location: Pacific, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.24179° or 46° 14′ 30″ northLongitude
-123.87324° or 123° 52′ 24″ westElevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
84RR64RG+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 4160220097OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
5793644Wikidata ID
Q104758818
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