Wildlife

Cutthroat trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii
Cutthroat trout

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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.

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