Journal entry · November 7, 1805
William Clark: November 7, 1805
William Clark · Near Pillar Rock, Columbia River Estuary, Washington · Thwaites Vol. 3, pp. 210-212
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, mouth of run near Pillar Rock, WA
Great joy in camp we are in View of the Ocian, this great Pacific Octean which we been So long anxious to See. and the roreing or noise made by the waves brakeing on the rockey Shores may be heard distictly.
The country on both sides of the river is broken. we proceeded on. passed several Indian villages. The water is Salt this evening.
Source: Thwaites, Original Journals (1904–05). Public domain. The party was in the Columbia estuary, not yet the open ocean.
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right shore, mouth of run near Pillar Rock, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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