Journal entry · November 25, 1805
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — John Ordway: November 25, 1805
John Ordway · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
canoes in the River [and] loaded up. our officers bought two more
sea otter Skins of the natives, we then Set out and came about 9
miles up the River and attempted to cross over to the opposite
Shore but the waves [were] So high that the canoes were near filling.
So we turned back to Shore again and kept along the Shore about
4 miles above Shallow bay and Camped.1
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The NPS atlas for this night
near Pillar Rock, north shore of Columbia, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
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
Terrain360 · the place today
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
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