Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Hump Island, Washington

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Hump Island, Washington"

Includes ... Hump Island ...

Image, 2005, Hump Island, downstream end, click to enlarge

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Hump Island, downstream end. View from Willow Grove Beach. Image taken January 2, 2005.

Hump Island ...

Hump Island lies along the southern shore of Fisher Island, and is owned by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. The man-made island is 1.8 miles long. In 1980 the U.S. Board of Geographic Names made the official name of the island as "Hump Island". Good views of Hump Island can be had from Willow Grove Beach.

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Hump Island, Washington, from Willow Grove Beach. Image taken January 2, 2005.

From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, ...

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^*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Website, 2003

Sources: U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Website, 2006;

All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.