Before the state built a more secure channel for Ferry Creek, it was not unusual for flooding to occur, with one of the worst floods happening in December of 1940.
The story was detailed in the Jan. 2, 1941, Western World, under the front-page headline: “Ferry Creek Flood Water Damaging.”
“Rowboats were in evidence on Bandon’s main business street last Thursday when flood waters from Ferry creek, following several days of torrential rains, were held up by the narrow bridge near the creamery at the foot of the hill leading to East Bandon and inundated several blocks of the business district.
“The water rose rapidly and within a short time formed a rushing river the full width of the highway toward the city hall. (Now the Bandon Historical Society museum) The…
