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"Oregon Coast Beach Connection" is the name of an enormous, complete internet site launched by Newport-based tourism publication Beach Connection, featuring in depth virtual tours of the upper half of the coast and a myriad of other details helpful to the visitor. It is found at www.beachconnection.net.

Oregon Coast Beach Connection includes archived content from the print publication, which distributes from Seaside to Florence and from Portland to Corvallis - about 160 miles of coastline. There is an up-to-date events calendar, news about new corporations and alterations on the coast, a significant quantity of data on lodging and dining, as nicely as a guide to Lewis & Clark spots - but with a bit of a twist.

The virtual tour - even though not completely completed - functions an average of 60 photos and stops for sections of the coast like Seaside, Cannon Beach, Newport or Nehalem Bay. Some locations have much less, and some are not up however. It is an very helpful tool for the visitor-to-be or regular visitor to the coast for these extremely familiar with the location who want to make a lot more discoveries, or for individuals who want to discover ahead of time ahead of coming out.

In a lot of situations, the virtual tour moves the net surfer from beach spot to spot just a handful of feet at a time. Some components of the tour are like standing in the identical spot and searching north, west and south, sometimes in increments of many feet. Other sections show distinct moods and diverse sides to a distinct beach, and give distinctive, detailed glimpses into what fun can be located on this specifically pristine and notable section of U.S. coastline.

There's also a list of each and every bar and lounge on the upper half of Oregon's coast ( www.beachconnection.net/pubcrawl.htm).

Coming soon will be a section on coastal geology, archived performs from standard Beach Connection columnists (like former Oregon Coast Guests Center executive director Guy DiTorrice), among other additions.

The website at the moment boasts upward of 300 pages, and is expected to contain a lot more than 500 when the virtual tour is completely completed. All photographs and text are the creation of editor Andre' Hagestedt, who is a former writer with Statesman Journal, KXL radio, The Oregonian, Eugene Weekly, The Rocket, Valley Business Weekly, among numerous other individuals. He lives portion time amongst Portland and Nehalem.

The publication is owned by Toledo/Newport graphic designer Karen Ware. via