"... fortunately the wind lay about 3 oClock     we loaded I in great haste and Set out     passed the blustering Point below which is a Sand beech, with a Small marshey bottom for 3 miles on the Stard. Side, on which is a large village of 36 houses deserted by the Inds. & in full possession of the flees, a Small Creek fall in at this village, which waters the Country for a few miles back; ... The tide meeting of me and the emence Swells from the main Ocean (imedeately in front of us) raised to Such a hite that I concluded to form a Camp on the highest Spot I could find in the marshey bottom, and proceed no further by water ..." [Clark, November 15, 1805, first draft]

"... About 3 oClock the wind luled, and the river became calm, I had the canoes loaded in great haste and Set Out, from this dismal nitch where we have been confined for 6 days passed, without the possibility of proceeding on ... proceeded on passed the blustering point below which I found a butifull Sand beech thro which runs a Small     below the mouth of this Stream is a villge of 36 houses uninhabited by anything except flees ... as the tide was Comeing in and the Seas became verry high imediately from the Ocian (imediately faceing us) I landed and formed a camp on the highest Spot I could find between the hight of the tides and the Slashers in a Samll bottom ..." [Clark, November 15, 1805]

Edmond S. Meany wrote in "Origin of Washington Geographic Names" (1923, University of Washington Press):

"Point Ellice ... within the mouth of the Columbia River, east of Baker Bay, in the southern part of Pacific County. The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803-1806, camped on the lee side of the point and Sergeant Patrick Gass thought it should be called "Blustry Point." The name was bestowed by the North West Company in honor of Edward Ellice, agent of the company in London, who, with William McGillivray, brought about the union of the Northwest and the Hudson's Bay Companies in 1821. David Douglas on April 11, 1825, recorded it as "Point Ellis." That error was repeated by Belcher in 1839, but on May 1, 1833, Dr. William Fraser Tolmie wrote: "At 10 boarded by a party of Chenooks off Point Ellice." The Wilkes Expedition, 1841, also used the correct name."

Robert Hitcheman wrote in "Place Names of Washington" (1985, Washington Historical Society):

"Point Ellice (T9N, R10W, Sec. 23) ... A Columbia River point, 1 mile southwest of Megler, extreme southwest Pacific County. It was named by officials of the North West Company, fur traders, for Edward Ellice, their London agent. He was quite instrumental in combining North West Company with Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. The Indian name was No-wehtl-kai-ilse. Sgt. Patrick Gass of the Lewis & Clark Expedition named this feature Blustery Point when the party camped here in 1805. On April 11, 1825, David Douglas mapped it as Point Ellis."

"... Point Ellice, on the northern side of the river, is two and three-quarters miles nearly east of Chinook Point; the sand beach between the two being in some places nearly a mile wide, running at the base of the hills, and surrounding a large lagoon near Chinook. From Point Adams it bears northeast, distant fourn and a third miles. Behind Point Ellice rise two hills, the southern of which is used as a range with Point Adams for denoting the entrance to the south channel, but, or course, the relative positions vary with every change of the bar. It was called Ellis Point by Belcher in 1839, and Point Ellice by the United States exploring expedition in 1841, and this spelling is found upon all recent maps, being named after Edward Ellice, then one of the directors of the Hudson Bay Company. The Indian name is No-wehtl-kai-ilse. ..."

• Point Ellice from Astoria, Oregon ...
• Point Ellice and the Astoria-Megler Bridge ...
• View from Point Ellice ...