Journal entry · November 9, 1805
Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — Patrick Gass: November 9, 1805
Patrick Gass · Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp
able, and we were obliged to remain at Cape Swell all day and
unload our canoes to prevent them from sinking; notwith-
standing some of them did sink when the tide came in at
172 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
noon. We had no fresh water, except what rain we caught
by putting out our vessels. We remained here all night, and
the rain continued.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore near Portugues Pt, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 8 to November 9, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Knappton Cove Heritage Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.4 mi
- Dismal Nitch (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 4.0 mi
- Tongue Point (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 4.3 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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