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7 unusual facts about Ocean Park


Chesapeake Beach, Virginia

The neighborhoods of Baylake Pines and Baylake Beach hug the east side of the community, although the popularity of the Chicks Beach area has those in Ocean Park claiming a piece of it as well.

Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment

The station’s Area of Responsibility reaches from Ocean Park on the Washington Coast south to Tillamook Head on the Oregon Coast.

Ocean Park, Maine

The style was similar to other prominent summer church "camp" revivals such those at Ocean Grove, New Jersey and Wesleyan Grove on Martha's Vineyard.

Ocean Park, Surrey

In 1921, Ocean Park opened its first post office, which was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! as 'the world's smallest post office'.

Shouson Hill

Local bus services include the #5 Public Light Bus, between Aberdeen and Causeway Bay, and the #6 bus from Admiralty to just outside Ocean Park.

In the early 20th century, the British military used the hill to bunker troops and as a sentry post overlooking Deep Water Bay, Aberdeen, and area now occupied by Ocean Park.

Wesleyan Grove

This meeting style became popular around the United States at the time, and many other similar camps were founded using similar models, such as Ocean Park, Maine and Ocean Grove, New Jersey.


Piriápolis

It includes the following zones: Piriápolis, Playa Grande, Playa Hermosa, Playa Verde, Punta Colorada, San Francisco, Punta Negra, Sauce de Portezuelo, Ocean Park, Barra de Portezuelo, La Capuera, Puntas de la Sierra, La Falda, Miramar, Colonia V. Suárez, Sierras del Tirol.


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