Whale Park.
Is right in front of us.
Where they celebrate the spot of the beached whale.
And also, here lied, the Cannon Beach Natatorium.
Back in the day – 100 years ago – new diversions were offered to supplement the simple recreational beach activities, including the The Waves roller ring, and natatorium.
Natatorium means literally, a place to swim. They were a big deal on the Oregon coast. From about 1910 until the '30s, these were the meeting places and hotspots for fun along much of the coastline. Seaside had 2 Natatoriums.
Each had plenty of differences, but one thing was always the same: sea water was pumped in from the ochen, not far away and heated, creating a warm salt water swimming experience.
Cannon Beach got its natatorium in 1924, where the Whale Park now sits.
Follow along with pictures.
Go to. tour portland dot com, forward slash, pictures of seaside, all one word.
See pictures.
Whale Park.
In the top picture, taken from about where we are now, the "Nat", is on the far right. The second picture is also a picture of the Nat.
This hosted up to 200 people with a 30-foot by 60-foot pool of heated salt water. Like the two in Seaside, this one had a balcony, but it also had a jukebox where people did the Jitterbug and other jazz era dances.
The “Nat" managed to survive the Great Depression. But about 1942, wartime rations and a shortage of heating oil, killed off Cannon Beach's natatorium.
The last one to close on the whole coast, was the Seaside Natatorium, which survived into the 1960s, and was located at the Seaside Aquarium.
The one remaining, quote, Natatorium, un quote, is a salt water pool at Tolovana Inn, about a 6 minute drive south of here.
The Waves roller ring, now the Coaster Theater, is still located about 2 minutes down this street. They offered skating all day and night for 25 cents. The inside of the building was like a big barn. Kids would skate to the music of the old calliope, with steam whistles. Their roller skates left figure 8 skating impressions on the maple floor, still visible today.
An added extra. Both the "Nat", and the roller ring, had movies playing on the outside wall, after dark.
Get out here at Whale Park, and take a look around.
Next, is a casual drive through Cannon Beach. Then, Haystack Rock.
We will drive past the Waves Roller Ring, (Coaster Theater), about 5 or 6 blocks from here, on the right, across from the US Bank.
On the way, we'll listen to, the old calliope.
Is right in front of us.
Where they celebrate the spot of the beached whale.
And also, here lied, the Cannon Beach Natatorium.
Back in the day – 100 years ago – new diversions were offered to supplement the simple recreational beach activities, including the The Waves roller ring, and natatorium.
Natatorium means literally, a place to swim. They were a big deal on the Oregon coast. From about 1910 until the '30s, these were the meeting places and hotspots for fun along much of the coastline. Seaside had 2 Natatoriums.
Each had plenty of differences, but one thing was always the same: sea water was pumped in from the ochen, not far away and heated, creating a warm salt water swimming experience.
Cannon Beach got its natatorium in 1924, where the Whale Park now sits.
Follow along with pictures.
Go to. tour portland dot com, forward slash, pictures of seaside, all one word.
See pictures.
Whale Park.
In the top picture, taken from about where we are now, the "Nat", is on the far right. The second picture is also a picture of the Nat.
This hosted up to 200 people with a 30-foot by 60-foot pool of heated salt water. Like the two in Seaside, this one had a balcony, but it also had a jukebox where people did the Jitterbug and other jazz era dances.
The “Nat" managed to survive the Great Depression. But about 1942, wartime rations and a shortage of heating oil, killed off Cannon Beach's natatorium.
The last one to close on the whole coast, was the Seaside Natatorium, which survived into the 1960s, and was located at the Seaside Aquarium.
The one remaining, quote, Natatorium, un quote, is a salt water pool at Tolovana Inn, about a 6 minute drive south of here.
The Waves roller ring, now the Coaster Theater, is still located about 2 minutes down this street. They offered skating all day and night for 25 cents. The inside of the building was like a big barn. Kids would skate to the music of the old calliope, with steam whistles. Their roller skates left figure 8 skating impressions on the maple floor, still visible today.
An added extra. Both the "Nat", and the roller ring, had movies playing on the outside wall, after dark.
Get out here at Whale Park, and take a look around.
Next, is a casual drive through Cannon Beach. Then, Haystack Rock.
We will drive past the Waves Roller Ring, (Coaster Theater), about 5 or 6 blocks from here, on the right, across from the US Bank.
On the way, we'll listen to, the old calliope.