Wildlife
Cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii
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Habitat
Great Falls
Conservation
Imperiled
First Observed
1805-06-13
Named in honor of Clark, but first caught (and enjoyed for dinner) on Lewis’s first trip to the Great Falls in 1805.
Journal References
15 journal entries mention Cutthroat trout
Aug
13
1805
Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — John Ordway: August 13, 1805
...oon the current more gentle, we had caught a nomber
of fine Trout this Several days passed high clifts of rocks and
fine Springs on S. Side Saw a nomber of large ott...
Aug
14
1805
Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — Patrick Gass: August 14, 1805
...hat we
could discover. There are some fish in the river and trout
of a large size, and of the black kind. We went 15 miles and
encamped on the South side where we ha...
Aug
15
1805
Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — John Ordway: August 15, 1805
...Mountains, we
passed Several bad rapids, caught a nomber of Trout in the
Eddy below the rapids, now the river more Shallow, passed
high clifts of rocks. & rough knob...
Aug
19
1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — John Ordway: August 19, 1805
...ggage & makeing pack saddles &c.
we caught a nomber of fine Trout covred all over with black spots
in Stead of red. in the afternoon the hunters returned to Camp
& h...
Aug
20
1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — John Ordway: August 20, 1805
... a verry large beaver, the Indians eat it. a nomber of fine
Trout caught this day. Cap* Lewis went a Short distance down the
River and looked out a place undiscovere...
Aug
22
1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — John Ordway: August 22, 1805
...sh drag of willows and caught
520 fine pan fish. 2 kinds of Trout & a kind resembling Suckers,
we divided them with the Indians, gave them a meal of boiled corn
& be...
Aug
24
1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — John Ordway: August 24, 1805
... a small shower of rain one of the men caught several
large Trout one of the hunters came to camp had killd nothing.
Sep
9
1805
Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — John Ordway: September 9, 1805
... being abundantly watered
on either side by fine, beautiful trout streams." Wheeler.
2 Clark gives the distance traveled as twenty-two miles. Coues locates
the day's...
Oct
26
1805
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — John Ordway: October 26, 1805
...ir bot-
toms and repair them, one of the men giged a Sammon Trout in
the River, towards evening the hunters returned to Camp had
killed 5 Deer a goose and a gray Squ...
Nov
12
1805
Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — John Ordway: November 12, 1805
...ek and got a more com-
fortable Camp, we giged several more Trout in this creek.
1 On the lee side of Point Ellice, and directly across the river from Astoria.
Wheel...
Apr
10
1806
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — John Ordway: April 10, 1806
...Skin for which he gave
2 Elk hides, we bought a fiew Salmon trout then we pro-
ceed on soon came to bad rapids where we had to tow one canoe
up at a time. Drewyer & ...
Apr
27
1806
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 27, 1806
...of horses, we get different kinds of
roots and fresh Salmon trout & suckers &C. all these Savages
are glad to See us and appear verry friendly.
Apr
29
1806
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 29, 1806
...is little river where
they catch large quantityes of Salmon trout, Suckers, &C. we
bought a little Commass roots, Shappalell and a fiew more dogs
&. C. the most of t...
Jun
19
1806
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 19, 1806
... the fish we took to be Salmon and we found
it to be Salmon trout, and poor, we expect they all are that is in
this creek, the Musquetoes are verry troublesome.
Jun
19
1806
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — Patrick Gass: June 19, 1806
...of the large fish was caught, which we found to
be a salmon-trout.