Coos Bay, Oregon :
Coos Bay is located on the pacific coast of Oregon and is considered as the largest of the communities that comprise Oregon's Bay Area. The city has been founded in the 1850's and named Marshfield after the Massachusetts hometown of the city's founder J. C. Tolman, and was incorporated in 1874 under that name. It is only in 1944 that city residents voted to change the name to Coos Bay.
Historically Coos Bay has been and remains the commercial center of Oregon's southern coast since its earliest days. Coos Bay has been a commercial passage to the sea from pioneer days to the present. Coos Bay region is the ancestral homeland of Several Native American tribes. The name is even derived from one of the area's Native American tribes and has two Indian meanings: lake and place of pines.
Since its earliest, the magnificent beaches, promontories, breathtaking sunsets, endless stands of massive forests, golden dunes, and waters teeming with fish have attracted explorers of the southern Oregon coast and people who where looking for a place to settle. The Coos Bay Region has prospered as a center for wood products, shipbuilding, shipping and products of the sea. Throughout history, the Bay Area has been the center of trade for the entire southwestern Oregon coastal region.
If you plan to move to this beautiful region you must know that Coos County has a marine climate, mild and humid, resulting from the moderating influences of the Pacific Ocean and from the rainfall caused by the coast range. From March through October, the area is subject to prevailing winds from the northwest. From November through February, winds come mainly from the southwest. Temperature extremes are very rare, with annual mean highs of 59.5 degrees and annual mean lows of 45.5 degrees. Given the average elevation of the region, snowfall is rare.
