Those hills are founded on rocks & waves brake with great fury against them,
men appear much Satisfied with their trip beholding with estonishment the high waves dashing against the rocks & this emence ocian
William Clark
Photo date: December 18, 2010. Some modern artifacts have been obscured.
I set out at day light with 10 men & my Sevent, Shabano, Sergt. Pryer odderway Jos. & R. Fields Shannon Colter,
wiser, Lebiech & york proceeded on Down the Shore from the 1st point
N. W 6 miles to a lodge at the enterance of a river on the Std. in the middle of a boggey Bay
-William Clark-
Photo date: November 10, 2008. Some modern artifacts have been obscured.
I assended a high Seperate bald hill Covered with long corse grass & Seperated from the hight of Country by a Slashey bottom 2 miles S. 60 W of the Cape—
-William Clark-
This historic photo shows McKenzie Head—the hill they climbed to see the ocean—as viewed from Cape Disappointment. When the Columbia River North Jetty was built, this area filled in with sand. McKenzie Head still has long, coarse grass, but it is also covered with tall trees.
towards evening we arived at the Cape disapointment on the Sea Shore. went over a bald hill where we had a handsom view of the ocean.
-John Ordway-
The Coast from the Cape N W is open for a Short distance back then it becomes thick piney Countrey intersperced with ponds
-William Clark-
This photo describes what Clark saw, but he did not make it this far north until the next day.
Photo date: December 18, 2010.