Journal entry · December 5, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 5, 1805
John Ordway · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
noon Cap1 Lewis and three men returned and informed us that
they had found a tollarable good place for our winters quarters
about 15 miles down the South Shore, a Short distance up a
Small River, they had killed 7 Elk and five Deer. 2 men stayed
to take care of the meat.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Tongue Point Neck, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Tongue Point (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.7 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.9 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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