Journal entry · April 11, 1806
John Ordway: April 11, 1806
John Ordway · Cascades of the Columbia River, WA/OR border · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Cascades of the Columbia River, WA/OR border
night and continues this morning, all the party except a fiew to
guard the baggage turned out with Cap1 Clark to takeing up our
canoes with the tow Rope up the big Shoote took one large one
and one small one at once the large one filled at the highest
pitch where it is allmost perpinticular but with some difficulty
we got the 2 to the head of the portage about noon, then went
back took dinner and took another large canoe and a small
one the other smallest one was taken & carried by land, this
large canoe filled twice with water at the worst pitch but with
some difficulty & hard fatigue got them Safe up towards evening
by the assistance of a number of Indians at the worst pitch <&C.
and hailed the large canoe up by force allthough she was full
of water, the most of the mens feet sore towing over the sharp
rocks, our officers made a chief of the [blank in Ms.] nation gave
meddle &C. Drewyer and the 2 Fields Sent on a head with
their little canoe to a creek on the N. Side to hunt untill our
arival.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right bank near Fort Rains, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of April 10 to April 11, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Bradford Island Visitor Center at Bonneville Lock and Dam (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 1.5 mi
- Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.3 mi
- Forest Service Information Center at Skamania Lodge (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.4 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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Cascades of the Columbia River, WA/OR border in 360°
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