Journal entry · December 24, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 24, 1805
Patrick Gass · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
early ; found the water very rapid below the falls ; and having
gone 4 miles below the narrows, came to other narrows still
more confined and the rocks higher. At the head of these
narrows we halted about 2 o’clock at a great Indian village,
and remained there all night. We got fish and dogs from the
natives, and some berries, different from any we got before,
some call them cranberries ; whether of the real kind or not
I am not certain. In our way down to day we saw a great
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many sea otters swimming in the river, and killed some, but
could not get them as they sunk to the bottom. This village
has better lodges than any on the river above ; one story of
which is sunk under ground and lined with flag mats ; The
upper part about 4 feet above ground is covered over with
cedar bark, and they are tolerably comfortable houses.
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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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Fort Clatsop, winter quarters in 360°
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