How Cannon Beach got it’s name!
{ Written on October 11, 2009 at 11:51 am, by Cannon Beach }
The community of Cannon Beach was originally named Ecola, after the town’s Northern creek that empties into the Pacific. Ekoli is a Chinook jargon word for “whale”. Early settlers later renamed the creek “Elk Creek”, and a community with the same name formed there. Elk Creek – the name given by the early settlers – [...]
