Journal entry · December 20, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 20, 1805
Patrick Gass · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
lected all the puncheons or slabs we had made and some
which we got from some Indian huts up the bay. But found
we had not enough to cover all our huts. About 10 o’clock
the weather became clear; but before night it rained as fast
as before. From this day to the 25th we had occasionally
rain and high winds, but the weather still continued warm.
On the evening of the 24th we got all our huts covered and
daubed.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 16 to December 31, 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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