Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Port Westward, Oregon

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Port Westward, Oregon"

Includes ... Port Westward ... Bradbury Slough ... Clatskanie River delta ...

Image, 2005, Port Westward Pier, click to enlarge

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Pier at Port Westward, Oregon. View from Washington State Highway 4 at Oak Point. Image taken July 28, 2005.

Port Westward ...

During World War II, Port Westward was the location of the Beaver Ammunition Depot, a major army shipping point for the Pacific Theater of operations. In 1970, the site was sold to the Kaiser-Aetna interests, who began to develop a trans-shipping complex. It later was the site of the Portland General Electric Company's Beaver Generating Plant. Port Westward is located on the tip of the Clatskanie River/Beaver Slough delta. Upstream is the lower tip of Crims Island. Separating Crims Island from Port Westward is the Bradbury Slough. Washington State's Oak Point and County Line Park are across the river from Port Westward.

Views of Port Westward ...

Click image to enlarge	Bradbury Slough and Port Westward, Oregon. View from Washington State Highway 4 at Oat Point, looking up Bradbury Slough. The docks at Port Westward are on the right and the downstream tip of Crims Island is on the left. Image taken July 28, 2005.
Click image to enlarge	*Cargo Container Star Evanger* passing Port Westward, Oregon.** View from Washington State Highway 4 at Oat Point. Image taken July 28, 2005.
Click image to enlarge	Columbia River, looking upstream, from County Line Park, Washington. The docks of Port Westward, Oregon, are in the background. Image taken November 9, 2003.

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:

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.