“Rough Waters: Shipwrecks on Oregon's Coast"

A new exhibit “Rough Waters: Shipwrecks on Oregon’s Coast,” is open at the Burrows House Museum of the Lincoln County Historical Society. “The exhibit offers an intriguing look at the dangers of life at sea and features incredible photos of shipwrecks and interesting objects,”Diane Disse, museum educator for the Society, said. The earliest photograph in the exhibit dates to 1887 and shows the ship “Yaquina City” wrecked on Yaquina Bay. The most recent is of the “New Carissa” and its hapless wanderings and attempts to control and destroy it in 1999. Featured also is a painting of the “New Carissa” by Mimi Fox. The exhibit opening is free and open to the public.