Journal entry · December 31, 1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 31, 1805
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, salt works established · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
the natives came to trade with Wapto roots and salmon: the
first party had gone off in the morning.
190 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
CHAP. XVII.
wreoespay ist fan. 1806. The year commenced with
a wet day; but the weather still continues warm; and
the ticks, flies and other insects are in abundance, which
appears to us very extraordinary at this season of the year,
in a latitude so far north. Two hunters went out this morn-
ing. We gave our fortification the name of Fort Clatsop.
In the evening our two hunters, that went out this morning,
returned and had killed two large elk about three miles from
the Fort.
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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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