From Your Corner of Washington: Ilwaco
Photo courtesy of www.funbeach.com This picturesque town of about 1,100 occupies the state’s southwest corner and is the base of Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula. It’s renowned for salmon fishing. Surrounded by Baker Bay, the Columbia River and Pacific Ocean, the town’s rich history starts with a local Native American tribe. Elowahka Jim, a Chinook Native and renowned sturgeon fisherman, always referred to the local settlement as ‘Elowahka Ranch,’ which was later abbreviated to Ilwaco. Earlier settlers, drawn by talk of…