Journal entry · December 12, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 12, 1805
Patrick Gass · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
In the forenoon we finished 3 rooms of our cabins, all but the
covering ; which I expect will be a difficult part of the busi-
ness, as we have not yet found any timber which splits well;
two men went out to make some boards, if possible, for our
roofs. About 3 o’clock in the afternoon a number of the
natives from the seashore came to our camp, and remained
all night. Some rain fell in the evening.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 10 to December 14, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.1 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 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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