Expedition place · November 7, 1805

Near Pillar Rock, Columbia River Estuary, Washington

1 journal entry · 1 analysis · Recorded by William Clark

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The journal entries written here

November 1805

William Clark: November 7, 1805 William Clark “Great joy in camp we are in View of the Ocian, this great Pacific Octean which we been So long anxious 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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