Lewis and Clark's Columbia River
Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Broughton Beach, Oregon"
Includes ... Broughton Beach ... "Diddlers Beach" ...
Image, 2011, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Beach, Oregon, looking upstream. Washington shore in the background. Image taken November 2, 2011.


Broughton Beach ...
Broughton Beach is 1.3 miles long and is located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River approximately at River Mile (RM) 110, on the north side of the Portland International Airport. A levee and Portland's Marine Drive separate the two. Across the Columbia River on the Washington side is Wintler Park, Tidewater Cove, and Lieser Point.

Image, 2011, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Beach, Oregon, on the flightpath of Portland International Airport. Washington shore in the background. Image taken November 2, 2011.
Image, 2011, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		"Flying Orca" from Broughton Beach, Oregon, on the flightpath of Portland International Airport. Image taken November 4, 2011.


Early Broughton Beach ...
Broughton Beach (as well as Broughton Bluff upstream) was named after British Lieutenant William R. Broughton, who, as part of the Captain George Vancouver expedition in 1792, was the first European to sail up the Columbia River. Broughton turned around just upstream of Broughton Beach.

An early name for Broughton Beach was "Diddlers Beach". The U.S. Board of Geographic Names made "Broughton Beach" official in 1974.


Views ...

Image, 2011, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Beach and the Columbia River, looking towards Washington State. Image taken October 31, 2011.
Image, 2011, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Beach and the Columbia River, looking downstream. Image taken October 31, 2011.
Image, 2015, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Beach, Portland, Oregon. Image taken July 24, 2015.
Image, 2015, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Beach looking downstream, Portland, Oregon. Image taken July 24, 2015.
Image, 2015, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Beach, Portland, Oregon. Image taken August 20, 2015.
Image, 2015, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Beach, Portland, Oregon. Image taken August 27, 2015.
Image, 2011, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Canada Geese, Broughton Beach, Portland, Oregon. Image taken December 13, 2011.
Image, 2015, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Long-billed Curlew, Broughton Beach, Portland, Oregon. Image taken August 16, 2015.
Image, 2011, Broughton Beach, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Snow Bunting, Broughton Beach, Portland, Oregon. Image taken December 13, 2011.


From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, March 31, 1806 ...




Clark, April 2, 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:
  • U.S. Geological Surveys, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database, 2007;


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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