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Brookings - Harbor Chamber of
Commerce
P.O. Box 940
Brookings, OR 97415
(541) 469-3181
(800) 535-9469
Fax: (541) 469-4094
Email: chamber@wave.net
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Brookings' main attractions comprise the natural assets - the
harbor, forest, mountains, and rivers -- that shape its many
parks and feed its economy and tourism with uncompromising
beauty. |
To that end, it seems
only natural that tourists also make a point to admire the
Home of Winter Flower's most famous natural asset -- its
Easter Lilies. The lilies that are harvested along the
agricultural bench of Harbor and in neighboring Smith River,
California account for more than 90 percent of all those grown
in the world. The lilies are absolutely breath-taking during
early summer, as are the local azaleas, which are celebrated
on Memorial Day Weekend with an Azalea Festival held in none
other than Azalea Park. |
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The Festival
of the Arts on the Boardwalk is in August every
year. 2006 will be its 13th annual celebration on August 19
and 20 at the Port of Brookings Harbor from 10:00 am to 5:00
pm. Next year will feature over 100 Juried Fine arts and
crafts, demonstrations and entertainment. See
www.artfestcoast.com
Southern Oregon Kite Festival
held later in July.
The year-round entertainment slate includes live theater
at the Performing Arts Center
in Brookings and reel-to-reel theater in the Redwood
Movie Theatre, which is also located in Brookings. |
Brookings'
Easter Lilies and azaleas are both featured along with
rhododendrons, lilacs, roses, and iris in a Botanical Garden
that is located just north of the Chetco River. And Harbor is
home to Oregon's largest Monterey Cypress as well as a stand of
myrtle wood that can be found nowhere else in the world outside
of the Middle East.
Of course, there are plenty of man-made attractions as
well. the Chetco Valley Historical Museum puts all of man's
contributions to Brookings Harbor into perspective. And there's
the local Brandy Peak Distillery, which will change your
perspective altogether if you're not careful.
The family-owned "micro-distillery" is dedicated
to producing the finest and purest fruit brandies in all the
land. But don't take anyone's word for it. You'll be invited to
step into the tasting room and sample the fruits of their labor
for yourself.
One of the area's more intriguing man-made attractions
actually involved man destroying nature. The site where Japanese
World War II pilot Nobuo Fujita bombed Oregon sits at the north
end of the Chetco Bridge just off Highway 101.
Throughout the year,
there are several days acknowledged as commemorative within the
cultural and historical context of Brookings Harbor. Nature's
Coastal Holiday Light Show and Sculpture Display in
December is a holiday tradition not to be missed. |
Then, on Memorial Day
weekend, the annual Azalea Festival
and Parade kicks off a series of warm-weather
events. The next to follow is the Oceanfront Fourth of July
Celebration and then the Southern
Oregon Kite Festival held later in July.
The year-round entertainment slate includes live theater
at the Performing Arts Center
in Brookings and reel-to-reel theater in the Redwood
Movie Theatre, which is also located in Brookings. |
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