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The Beach Bill makes every beach public
Cannon Beach, Oregon
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A motel owner at Cannon Beach fenced off the dry sand in front of his property and put out lounge chairs, and Oregon discovered that only the wet sand had ever been public. Governor Tom McCall flew a survey helicopter up the coast for the television cameras while the bill was stuck in committee. It passed, and all 363 miles of shoreline are public to the vegetation line, which almost no other state can say.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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