Pacific County surrounds
Willapa Bay and includes the mouth of the Columbia River. The
South Bend, the county seat, and
Raymond are both on the mainland side of the bay along
Highway 101. The
Long Beach Peninsula includes the resort community of
Long Beach and historic
Oysterville, founded in the middle of the last century to meet the taste for oysters in prospering San Francisco. The fishing community of
Ilwaco is at the mouth of the Columbia.
beaches along its only oceanside stretch of road in Washington.
