Author: Julia Triezenberg, for The Astorian | Discover Our Coast

Julia Triezenberg is the Museum Educator at the Columbia River Maritime Museum. Julia facilitates Learning Labs that connect students with the Columbia River’s maritime history. She develops family and summer programs at the museum as well as assists with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives, including CRMM’s Senior Enrichment Programs. Julia is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

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Weekend Break: The perils of lighthouse keeping

For hundreds of years, lighthouse keepers were essential to ensuring maritime safety across the United States, tending to ... Read more

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Weekend Break: Remembering the Astoria Train Depot

At one time, 118 miles of railroad line ran along the Columbia River and the North Coast, connecting ... Read more

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Weekend Break: Fort Canby at Cape Disappointment

Fort Canby was one of the earliest forts built in Washington state. Located at Cape Disappointment, it was ... Read more

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Weekend Break: Sailors turned weavers

Marlinspike seamanship — a term used in the maritime world to describe expert ropework and knotwork — has ... Read more

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Weekend Break: Soldiers of the surf

Maritime commerce has been a pillar of the United States economy since its founding years. As commerce expanded ... Read more

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Weekend Break: A 1940s maritime recipe

Cooking onboard large oceangoing vessels is a monumental task. Many would consider the cook’s job to be one ... Read more

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Weekend Break: Crossing lines

Line-crossing ceremonies are rites of passage in the maritime world, marking sailors’ movement across key waterways or geographic ... Read more

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Weekend Break: Staying afloat

For many, the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of water safety is wearing a ... Read more

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Weekend Break: An ‘apogee’ steamship

When it was built, the Great Republic was intended to be a symbol of the United States’ unity ... Read more

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Weekend Break: Half hulls

No matter the size, building a ship is a monumental task. For hundreds of years, shipwrights have looked ... Read more

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