Lewis and Clark's Columbia River
Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington"
Includes ... Wintler Park ...
Image, 2005, Wintler Park, looking upstream, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Looking upstream from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. Mount Hood, Oregon, is in the background. Image taken October 21, 2005.


Wintler Park ...
Wintler Park is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 110. Downstream is Marine Park and Ryan Point and upstream is Lieser Point and the Interstate 205 Bridge. Portland International Airport is directly across from Wintler Park on the Oregon side of the Columbia. Wintler Park is a 12 1/2 acre park with great views of Mount Hood and the Columbia River. Wintler Park lies along Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail

Early Wintler Park area ...
Two Plat Maps for Clark County were found on "Rootsweb.com" Website (2006). The 1888 Plat Map shows two Donation Land Claims (DLC) in the location of today's Wintler Park. The western claim lists "W. Fritz D.L.C., M. Wintler Est." and the eastern claim lists "Donovan D.L.C., B.I. Wintler Est.". A 1922 Plat Map (date approximate) shows these two sites as "A.E. Wintler Est.". The properties are located within T 2N R2E Sections 30 and 31.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Records database (2006) shows Michael Wintler and John W. Griffith being granted title to 160 acres (1855 ScriptWarrant Act) on July 15, 1865, for T1N R4E Section 11, and John J. Wintler being granted title to 150.2 acres (1862 Homestead Entry Original) on July 30, 1874, for T1N R3E Section 9. These are both further east than Wintler Park. The Land Office Records shows Christian G. Fritz being given title to 159.97 acres on December 22, 1865 (1850 Oregon Donation Act) for T2N R2E Sections 30 and 31, and the Heirs of Patrick Donegan being given title to 161.42 acres on August 27, 1871 (1850 Oregon Donation Act) for T2N R2E Section 30 and 31.


Views ...

Image, 2005, Wintler Park, looking towards Portland International Airport, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Looking across the Columbia River towards Portland International Airport, from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken October 21, 2005.
Image, 2007, Beach, Wintler Park, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Wintler Park Beach from Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken April 5, 2007.
Image, 2004, Wintler Park, looking downstream, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Looking downstream from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. View looking towards Tidewater Cove. Image taken December 18, 2004.
Image, 2005, Wintler Park, looking upstream at Mount Hood, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Mount Hood, Oregon, from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken October 21, 2005.
Image, 2004, Wintler Park, looking upstream, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Looking upstream from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken December 18, 2004.
Image, 2017, Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken November 27, 2017.
Image, 2017, Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken November 27, 2017.
Image, 2017, Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington. Image taken November 27, 2017.


From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, November 4, 1805 ...




Clark, March 31, 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:
  • "Rootsweb.com" website, 2006;
  • U.S. Bureau of Land Management website, 2006, General Land Office Records;
  • Vancouver City Parks and Recreation website, 2005;


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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