Journal entry · November 14, 1805
Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — John Ordway: November 14, 1805
John Ordway · Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp
to Stay in this disagreeable harbour with nothing but pounded
Sammon to eat. one of the men returned who had been down the
River and informed us that they went down to an Indian Village
in the bay- about 10 miles down but Saw no white people. Cap*
Lewis and four men Set out by land to go down the River to the
Mouth.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Meglar; Camp Distress, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 12 to November 14, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Dismal Nitch (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 1.4 mi
- Knappton Cove Heritage Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.2 mi
- Middle Village/Station Camp (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 2.2 mi
- Fort Columbia State Park (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.7 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.5 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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