Journal entry · April 8, 1806
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 8, 1806
John Ordway · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Dalton Point, OR
so high a head that in Stead of our Setting out as we intended [we]
had to unload our canoes, the waves ran high and filled them
with water &C. Several men sent out a hunting put our dry
meat on a scaffel & dry it a little more &C. the wind still raise-
ing. the River rises a little the wind continued high all day &C.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Dalton Point, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of April 6 to April 8, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Multnomah Falls Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 1.9 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Terrain360 · the place today
Cascades of the Columbia, portage in 360°
10 frames across 1.5 mi of the route around this location
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