Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 25, 1805
The morning began with a white frost. The party loaded the canoes and continued their journey, traveling about nine miles before attempting to cross the Columbia River. The crossing failed, so they kept to the north side of the river, rounding Shallow Bay and making camp roughly four miles above it. The entry also includes a geographic note comparing the latitude and longitude of the Columbia's mouth with Mackenzie's arrival point on the Pacific coast, illustrating the general orientation of the western coastline and the Rocky Mountains.
with a white frost. We loaded our canoes and proceeded on:
* Geographers have stated that the Columbia enters the ocean in latitude 46° 18
north. The difference is therefore only 1 minute 11 seconds and 7 tenths. The
longitude by mistake they haye made 236° 34 west; but which is the east longitude,
leaving 123° 26 for the west longitude. Mr, M’Kenzie arrived at the ocean in lati-
tude 52° 23 43 or 6° 4 31 north of the mouth of the Columbia; and in longitude 128
2 or 4° 36 west of the mouth of the Columbia. This will shew the general course of
the western coast between those places, to which the river and great chain of the
Rocky Mountains are nearly parallel.
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went about 9 miles and made an attempt to cross the river,
but failed; we therefore kept up the north side, round
Shallow-bay, and encamped about 4 miles above it.
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The morning was white with frost. We loaded our canoes and proceeded on.
Geographers have stated that the Columbia enters the ocean at latitude 46° 18′ north. The difference is therefore only 1 minute 11.7 seconds. By mistake, they have given the longitude as 236° 34′ west; but this is actually the east longitude, leaving 123° 26′ for the west longitude. Mr. M'Kenzie (McKenzie) arrived at the ocean in latitude 52° 23′ 43″, or 6° 4′ 31″ north of the mouth of the Columbia, and in longitude 128° 2′, or 4° 36′ west of the mouth of the Columbia. This shows the general course of the western coast between those places, to which the river and the great chain of the Rocky Mountains are nearly parallel.
We went about 9 miles and made an attempt to cross the river, but failed. We therefore kept up the north side, around Shallow Bay, and camped about 4 miles above it.
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