Expedition place · November 18, 1805

Cape Disappointment, WA (near modern Ilwaco, WA)

1 journal entry · Recorded by Patrick Gass

NPS High Potential Historic Site: Cape Disappointment (opens in a new tab) · National Register of Historic Places

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The journal entries written here

November 1805

Patrick Gass: November 18, 1805 Patrick Gass “and 10 men went down to Cape Disappointment, to get a more full view of the ocean; and 3 went out to…”

Nights the Corps camped here

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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