The Columbia River - Long Meadow, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Long Meadow ... Ridgefield NWR, Washington"

Includes ... Long Meadow ... Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR ... Carty Lake ... Wapato Portage ... Cathlapotle Village ... Basalt Quarry and Rock Haul Road ...

Image, 2014, Long Meadow, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, click to enlarge

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Wapato Portage at Long Meadow, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Image taken October 9, 2014.

Long Meadow ...

"Long Meadow" is the local name given to a 2-mile-long narrow meadow bordering Lake River on the Carty Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Carty Lake is on the south end of the meadow and nearby is Wapato Portage, the 1806 campsite of Lewis and Clark. The historic Cathlapotle Village and a quarry and associated rock haul road lie at the north end. Trees split the meadow in two.

Image, 2011, Ridgefield NWR, Washington, click to enlarge

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Meadow at Wapato Portage, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Image taken September 23, 2011.

Long Meadow, north section ...

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Long Meadow, north section looking north, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Heading north to the location of the Cathlapotle Village and the basalt rock quarry. Image taken October 9, 2014.

Long Meadow, south section ...

Click image to enlarge	Long Meadow, south section looking north, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. View north taken from the approximate location of Wapato Portage. Image taken October 9, 2014.
Click image to enlarge	Long Meadow, south section looking south, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. View south taken from the approximate location of Wapato Portage. Carty Lake (not visible in image) is on the left and the community of Ridgefield can be seen in the distance. Image taken October 9, 2014.

Long Meadow and Carty Lake ...

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Carty Lake as seen from Long Meadow, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Image taken October 9, 2014.

Panorama ...

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Panorama ... Long Meadow, south section looking north, Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Image taken October 9, 2014.

Basalt Cobblestone Quarries ...

In 1981 seven historic basalt quarry sites on the Carty Unit of the Ridgefield Refuge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as the "Basalt Cobblestone Quarries District". The "Long Meadow Quarry" and the rock haul road associated with it are recorded as "45-CL-113H". Garmin-obtained lat/long of the quarry and rock haul road are 45°50'33.2"N, 122°46'27.9"W.
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"Long Meadow" Quarry ...

Click image to enlarge	Quarry tailings, "Long Meadow", Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Overcast day with front moving in. Image taken October 10, 2014.
Click image to enlarge	Quarry tailings, "Long Meadow", Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Overcast day with front moving in. Image taken October 10, 2014.
Click image to enlarge	Quarry tailings, "Long Meadow", Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Overcast day with front moving in. Image taken October 10, 2014.

"Long Meadow" Rock Haul Road ...

All that remains visible of the "Long Meadows" Rock Haul Road is a slight rise in the landscape, approximately 12 feet wide, which drops off again on the other side. The original road ran southwest from the quarry to Lake River. Today a clump of trees splits the road remnants in to two small sections.

Click image to enlarge	Rock Haul Road, "Long Meadow", Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Overcast day with front moving in. Image taken October 10, 2014. Southwestern section, looking northeast. Photograph taken while standing in the middle of the approximately 12-foot-wide road.
Click image to enlarge	Rock Haul Road, "Long Meadow", Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Southwestern section, looking north. Overcast day with front moving in. Image taken October 10, 2014. Northeastern section, looking south-southwest. The rock haul road is approximately 12 feet wide, with the dropoff visible (dead grass area, middle left).
Click image to enlarge	Rock Haul Road, "Long Meadow", Carty Unit, Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Overcast day with front moving in. Image taken October 10, 2014. Northeastern section, looking south-southwest, showing both sides of the rock haul road with rise in the middle. The rock haul road is approximately 12 feet wide.

From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, November 5, 1805 ...

Clark, March 29, 1806 ...

Lewis, March 29, 1806 ...

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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. Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Records database, 2014;
U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database, 2014;

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.

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