Journal entry · November 8, 1805
Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — John Ordway: November 8, 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
the waves high tossed us ab* passed round a point in to a bay
which we Call Shallow bay4 where the River is 5 or 6 miles wide
we can see along distance a head we expect we can see the M°
of the Columbian River, we but it appears a long distance off. we
halted in the Shallow bay at some old Indian Camps to dine the
Swan and geese are verry pleanty in this bay. Some of the party
killed Several ducks &C. we then proceeded on an Indian
Canoe and Several Indians in met us we bought Several fresh
fish from them, the waves roled So high that we were obledged
to land5 on the Same Shore Stard Side and took great pains to
keep the canoes from filling with water, the River water is gitting
so brackish that we cannot drink of it at full tide, the evening
rainy.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore near Portugues Pt, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 8 to November 9, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Knappton Cove Heritage Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.4 mi
- Dismal Nitch (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 4.0 mi
- Tongue Point (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 4.3 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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