Journal entry · November 21, 1805
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 21, 1805
Patrick Gass · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION _ 179
the natives left us. The wind blew so violent to-day, and the
waves ran so high, that we could not set out on our return,
which is our intention to do as soon as the weather and water
will permit. The season being so far advanced, we wish to
establish our winter quarters as soon as possible. One of the
natives here had a robe of sea-otter skins, of the finest fur I
ever saw; which the Commanding Officers wanted very much,
and offered two blankets for it, which the owner refused, and
said he would not take five. He wanted beads of a blue
colour, of which we had none but some that were on a belt
belonging to our interpreter’s squaw; so they gave him the
belt for the skins. In the evening more of the natives came
to our camp, and the night was very wet and disagreeable.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Station Camp, 1 mi SE of Chinook Point, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 20 to November 24, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Middle Village/Station Camp (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.0 mi
- Fort Columbia State Park (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.7 mi
- Dismal Nitch (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 3.4 mi
- Fort Stevens State Park Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.8 mi
- Knappton Cove Heritage Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.2 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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