Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 25, 1805

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.