In 1579, Sir Francis Drake is purported to have sought shelter for his ship, the Golden Hinde, around Cape Arago. Saw mill and ship yard, North Bend, 1884 illustrationĪpproximately 400 years ago, British and Spanish explorers first approached the South Coast. Members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw and Coquille tribes lived, fished, hunted and gathered along Coos Bay and its estuaries, along rivers, and in meadows and forests. History īefore Europeans visited the Oregon coast, Native American tribes claimed the Coos Bay region as their homeland for thousands of years. North Bend became an incorporated city in 1903. North Bend is surrounded on three sides by Coos Bay, an S-shaped water inlet and estuary where the Coos River enters Coos Bay and borders the city of Coos Bay to the south. North Bend is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States with a population of 9,695 as of the 2010 census.
