by Terry Richard for The Oregonian

Floras Lake is a sizable dunes lake, popular for windsurfing because of predictable afternoon "breezes" _ which may feel like a hurricane on some days.

This lovely lake is blocked from the ocean by a narrow neck of sand, making the area one of Oregon's geologic oddities due to the New River that flows north from Floras Lake (the river was created after pioneer settlement).

While this part of northern Curry County is indeed pleasant to visit (weather permitting), the feature that makes it outstanding is the ocean beach south of Floras Lake, with its 80- to 100-foot-high line of cliffs.

There's no other beach quite like it on the Oregon coast.

By Our Oregon Coast

We took 5 cans of Albacore from the Ocean Harvest to our traditional Christmas Dinner at Mom’s house in Salem.

We decided to leave them in the tins so everyone could see what flavor they were trying and we put out some crackers next to them.

So there on the table with the traditional turkey and all the fixin’s sat 5 tins of tuna.

They were the hit of the dinner!

Early Dungeness Crab Season 09/10 Roundup

by Capt Tyler & Harvester Crew

For a great list of Dungeness Crab recipes visit The Ocean Harvester Website

They offer the very finest in hand picked fresh canned Dungeness Crab straight from the boat.

They’ve got six packs and three packs of canned Dungeness crab for you and your family pulled from the bottom of the Pacific ocean right off the Oregon Coast and canned fresh that same day. We hope you enjoy it!!!

By The Captain & Crew of the FV Harvester for The Ocean Harvest

There is nothing better than taking a day out to find what tasty morsels lurk in the duff under the forest canopy up and down the Oregon Coast

By Our Oregon Coast

First, for all you landlubbers, the FV in front of Harvester stands for fishing vessel.

Here is how it all started. Our Oregon Coast was following The Ocean Harvest on Twitter and found their posts to be interesting, informative, and at times humorous. We asked The Ocean Harvest if they would be interested in writing articles for us on this site. We were contacted by the Captain and crew of the FV Harvester (pirates), their fishing boat, and they made us a proposal (threats and blackmail). If Our Oregon Coast would give their home town Langlois its very own page on our City Guides, The Ocean Harvest would be happy to write articles.

So now, Langlois is listed on our City Guides, and in the upcoming weeks and months we can all look forward to articles form The Ocean Harvest about fishing, crabbing, Langlois, and life on the Oregon Coast in general.

The 4th of July is just around the corner and Patt from Whale Pointe Resort in Depoe Bay sent us this note:

"A fun way to spend the 4th of July is to attend the Newport Symphony Orchestra's free concert at the Newport HS.  My husband and I have attended in the past.  The music has been incredible!  One of the times we attended Norman Leyden conducted the orchestra, and the music was a mix of Broadway hits and patriotic music.  If you are in the area, you definitely don't want to miss this event.  Make it your first stop on the way to the fireworks and celebrate the 4th of July in a really BIG way! -- Patt Dardis"