The Columbia River - Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, Washington/Oregon

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, Washington/Oregon"

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Image, 2005, Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, click to enlarge

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Sign, Fort Clatsop, Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, Washington/Oregon. Image taken November 15, 2005.

Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks ...

In late 2004 President George W. Bush signed into law the country's newest National Park, by creating the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. The National Park is a grouping of National and State sites in Washington and Oregon, all relating to Lewis and Clark.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Parks:

Lewis and Clark State Historical Parks:

Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks ...

Image, 2004, Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, click to enlarge

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Cape Disappointment and Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, Washington. As seen from the North Jetty, Cape Disappointment State Park. Image taken April 9, 2004.

Image, 2005, Point Ellice from Megler Rest Area, click to enlarge

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Sunset, Point Ellice and Megler Cove, from Megler Rest Area, Washington. Image taken November 9, 2005.

Image, 2004, Fort Clatsop, Oregon, click to enlarge

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Fort Clatsop, Oregon. Image taken May 25, 2004.

Image, 2005, Fort Columbia State Park, click to enlarge

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Barracks, Fort Columbia State Park, Washington. Image taken April 19, 2005.

Image, 2005, Lewis and Clark River at Netul Landing, click to enlarge

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Pilings, Lewis and Clark River at Netul Landing. View looking downstream. Image taken November 15, 2005.

Image, 2004, Looking downstream from Station Camp, click to enlarge

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Columbia River looking downstream from Station Camp, Washington. Looking downstream towards Chinook Point. Cape Disappointment is on the skyline. Image taken April 9, 2004.

Image, 2010, Ecola Point looking south, Oregon, click to enlarge

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View of the Oregon coastline, with Haystack Rock (far right), from Ecola Point, Ecola State Park, Oregon. Image taken July 14, 2010.

"... I have a view of the Coast for an emence distance to the S. E. by S. the nitches and points of high land which forms this Corse for a long ways aded to the inoumerable rocks of emence Sise out at a great distance from the Shore and against which the Seas brak with great force gives this Coast a most romantic appearance ..."
[Clark, January 8, 1806]

Image, 2003, Pacific Ocean at Sunset Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge

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Pacific Ocean at Sunset Beach, Oregon. Image taken August 2, 2003.

From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

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^*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, 2003

Sources: U.S. National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Park website, 2010.

All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.