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Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Nassa Point, Washington"

Includes ... Nassa Point ...

Click image to enlarge Nassa Point, Washington. View from downstream. Image taken July 28, 2005. Nassa Point ... Nassa Point is located along the Cathlamet Channel at Columbia River Mile (RM) 45. Upstream is Cape Horn (of Wahkiakum County) and downstream is the community of Cathlamet, Washington. Across from Nassa Point is Puget Island. Early Nassa Point ... The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, show a John T. Nassa being issued a land title for the area of Nassa Point on September 29, 1888, for 84.69 acres of parts of T8N R5W Section 20, under the 1862 "Homestead Entry Original". John T. Nassa also held other titles for land in the area issued in 1891 for parts of Sections 19 and 30, and in 1901 for parts of Sections 14. Richard A. Nassa was issued title to 120 acres in 1905 for parts of Sections 3 and 10. Click image to enlarge Nassa Point, Washington. View from downstream on Washington Highway 4. Image taken October 13, 2007. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, ... Return to Menu   SNAKE RIVER CONFLUENCE | COLUMBIA PLATEAU COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE | VANCOUVER PLAINS | JOURNEY TO THE PACIFIC CASCADE RANGE VOLCANOES | CAMPSITES HOME | REGIONS | PENNY POSTCARDS | MY CORPS OF DISCOVERY IMAGE INDEX | LINKS | ABOUT THIS SITE

*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 Website, 2006, General Land Office Records. 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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