Every 500 years or so, an earthquake occurs on the Cascadia subduction zone (a few miles off of the coast of Washington) that rocks Richter scales at over 8 magnitude. This power is enough to destroy a whole city. Because these earthquakes are outside of the coast, and partway into the Pacific Ocean, tsunamis are usually sent by these rare earthquakes in both West and East directions, devastating both Japan and the Pacific Coast.
The last recorded time this event occurred was in 1700, estimated to be around 9:00 PM on January 26. A tsunami washed up on the shores of a vibrant red cedar forest in the region of present day Copalis area. The resulting wave, the silt it carried and several other factors in the entire disaster killed off the trees, leaving nothing but dead tree trunks in the middle of a now-salt marsh. What is left today is now known as the Copalis Ghost Forest.
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Being a Cacher I knew a Container needed to be placed . I contacted Squarehead to see if he was up for a boat trip and off we went. When we met at the River it was pouring in true Grays Harbor fashion. It stopped just as we unloaded the boats and didn’t start again till we were pulling back out. It was a perfect trip..
There is no official boat ramp but we Launched right around here: N 47 06.877
W 124 10.338
Round trip is roughly 3 Miles. We started One hour before High tide and it was a nice
Smooth paddle up to the Ghost forest. There are many places to go ashore . Here is the
Place we chose: N 47 07.247
W124 09.785
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to bring rubber boots but you’ll survive without them.
Cache is a small tube at eye level…Happy Paddling!
Thanks Squarehead!
http://www.nwnature.net/earthscope/copalis.htm