Oregon documentary highlights Columbia River bar’s jetty system and its importance to the Pacific Northwest

The Columbia River bar is a fierce, yet beautiful body of water, spanning across Oregon and Washington. With over 2000 shipwrecks reported since 1792 , it is also known as "The Graveyard of the Pacific." In 1855, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began the construction of a jetty system, as a means to tame the dangerous ocean currents from the Pacific. Oregon filmmakers Brett Eichenberger and Jill…