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for the portage around Willamette Falls. Leslie M. Scott says that the name is supposed to have been that of an Indian chief.

CANNERY MOUNTAIN, Lincoln County. Cannery Mountain, elevation 1065 feet, is on the south side of Siletz River about two miles southeast of the present site of Kernville. This mountain is about south of and across the river from the site of the former Kern fish cannery and it was named on that account. For information about the cannery, see under

KERNVILLE.

CANNIBAL MOUNTAIN, Lincoln County. Cannibal Mountain, elevation 1946 feet, in the Coast Range about five miles south of Tidewater, has one of those names that seems to defy efforts to find a reason for the application. The region is not noted for its cannibals, unless they be deer flies and mosquitos, and it seems hardly likely that anyone ever named the peak for such pests. The compiler has an old map with the name Cannonball Mountain for this peak, but in 1946, H. G. Hopkins, district ranger for the Forest Service at Waldport, tried to learn the history of the name of the mountain and could find no one in the locality that ever heard of Cannonball. The point was sometimes called Canniber Mountain, supposed to be an Indian name meaning saddle, but search so far has disclosed no such Indian word. Canniber was also said to be derived from the fact that oldtimers went to the place for canning berries, but this seems fanciful. Hopkins reports that stories that two well-known hunters went there to get venison to eat raw were denied as ridiculous by one of the hunters still surviving. Stories that a pioneer trapper, during a snowstorm ate his squaw rather than starve are of the guidebook type rather than for jury trial.

CANNON BEACH, Clatsop County. Lieutenant Neil M. Howison, U. S. N., arrived in the Columbia River July 1, 1846, in the schooner Shark for the purpose of making an investigation of part of the Oregon country for the government. For details of his visit see Carey's History of Oregon, page 451. For details of his report, see OHQ, volume XIV, page 59. The Shark was wrecked on attempting to leave the Columbia River on September 10, 1846, and part of her deck and a small iron cannon drifted ashore south of Tillamook Head, thus giving the name to Cannon Beach. The cannon is still there. For information about this disaster see OHQ, volume XIV, page 355. Cannon Beach is a well-known summer resort, and is of historic interest. In January, 1806, William Clark climbed over Tillamook Head and visited the locality. At the south end of Cannon Beach is Arch Cape, which blocks automobile travel on the beach itself. Hug Point, about two miles north of Arch Cape, formerly blocked beach traffic, but a narrow road has been cut around its face in the solid rock. Other important points are Humbug Point, Silver Point, and Chapman Point, which is at the north end and is a southern spur of Tillamook Head. Haystack Rock, 235 feet high, is one of the prominent sights on the beach itself. Elk Creek flows into the ocean at the north end of Cannon Beach. The community has been known by various names including Elk Creek and Ecola, but the Post Office Department in 1922 changed the office name from Ecola to Cannon Beach to agree with the natural feature and to avoid confusion with Eola, where mail was frequently missent. The cannon and the capstan of the Shark are standing a little south of Hug Point, above high water line. Construction of Oregon Coast Highway just above the beach has made unnecessary the dan