Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Settler Point, Oregon

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Settler Point, Oregon"

Includes ... Settler Point ... "Settlers Point" ...

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Settler Point ...

Settle Point is a small point of land jutting into Cathlamet Bay just west of Svensen, Oregon. Downstream from Settler Point lies the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary, near the location of Lewis and Clark's campsite of November 26, 1805.

Early Settler Point ...

The 1875 U.S. Coast Survey's "Columbia River, Sheet No.2" has "Settlers Pt." located around the point, just west of today's "Settler Point".

In 1915 the U.S. Board of Geographic Names made "Settler Point" official.

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: USGS 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.