IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE BEESWAX WRECK, TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON

Summary

Two samples from isolated pieces of wood flotsam found on the Oregon coast on the

Nahalem spit, north of Tillamook, were submitted for identification. Sample 1 was from a large

piece of ship’s timber with an iron spike driven into it. This piece of wood is reported to have

been recovered from a near-shore shipwreck known locally as the “Beeswax Wreck.” The

Beeswax wreck is a Manila galleon built near the end of the 18th century in Manila. Sample 2

was taken from a wooden wheel or disk found wedged into the rocks just north of Nehalem spit.

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