Charleston, Oregon
| Charleston, Oregon | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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An evening view of the National Estuarine Research Reserve slough | |
  Charleston  Charleston Location within the state of Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 43°20′24″N 124°19′48″W / 43.34000°N 124.33000°WCoordinates: 43°20′24″N 124°19′48″W / 43.34000°N 124.33000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Coos |
| Elevation[1] | 102 ft (31 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136140 |
Charleston (Coos language: Milukwich [2]) is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is adjacent to the ocean entrance to Coos Bay. According to the local chamber of commerce, it is the area's "commercial and sport fishing center", and the community also provides services for the seafood processing and marine support industries.[3] Charleston is the site of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology and the United States Coast Guard Charleston Lifeboat Station.
Estuarine Research Reserve
The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a 4,770-acre (1,930 ha) reserve along the Coos Bay Estuary, was established in Charleston in 1974.[4] It was the first reserve in the United States created in response to the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.
References
- ↑ "Charleston". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Hanis for Beginners" (PDF). Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. 2001. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Oregon Bay Area Chamber of Commerce". Retrieved April 2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Oregon State Lands". Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved April 2010. Check date values in:
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