Journal entry · October 31, 1805
Cascades of the Columbia, portage — Patrick Gass: October 31, 1805
Patrick Gass · Cascades of the Columbia, portage · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): island, Great Chute (location uncertain, per NPS)
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION _ 167
our canoes and took them past the rapids, some part of the
way by water, and some over rocks 8 or 10 feet high. It was
the most fatiguing business we have been engaged in for a
long time, and we got but two over all day, the distance about
a mile, and the fall of the water about 25 feet in that distance.
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The NPS atlas for this night
island, Great Chute (location uncertain, per NPS)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of October 30 to October 31, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 1.2 mi
- Forest Service Information Center at Skamania Lodge (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 1.4 mi
- Bradford Island Visitor Center at Bonneville Lock and Dam (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.5 mi
Partially sourced from the National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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