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Carroll's Bluff, Washington, as seen from Interstate 5.
View looking north.
Image taken February 2, 2013.
"... the upper point of a Island close under the Stard Side the high lands closeing the river on that Side ..."
[Clark, November 6, 1805, first draft]
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Carrolls, Carrolls Channel, and Carrolls Bluff ...
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The small community of Carrolls lies along Carrolls Channel on the downstream side of Carrolls Bluff, and is approximately five miles upstream of the mouth of the Cowlitz River and the city of Longview, Washington, at approximately Columbia River Mile (RM) 71. Carrolls Channel separates Cottonwood Island from the Washington shore. Carrolls Bluff is the highland located near the upstream end of Carrolls Channel and overlooks Cottonwood Island.
Upstream from Carrolls and Carroll Bluff is Kalama, Washington and the Kalama River.
Today Interstate 5 passes under the base of Carrols Bluff.
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Carrolls Bluff and the Missoula Floods ...
The constriction at Carrolls Bluff and the bluff on the Oregon side of the Columbia, just north of Prescott Beach backed up flood waters from the Missoula Floods into the Willamette Valley. This constriction is known as "Kalama Gap".
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Lewis and Clark and Carrols Bluff ...
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Lewis and Clark passed by Carrols Bluff on November 6, 1805, and Captain Clark made reference to the "high lands closeing the river".
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"... the upper point of a Island close under the Stard Side the high lands closeing the river on that Side ..."
[Clark, November 6, 1805, first draft]
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Early Carrolls ...
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Various versions and spellings of the name "Carrolls" have existed
These variations included "Carlton", "Carroll", "Carrollton", and "Charlton".
According to Robert Hitchman in Place Names of Washington (1985), "Carrol's" was the name given to the small railroad community in 1873 by the Northern Pacific Railway, for Major Carroll, a very early settler. The name "Carol's" was in use however in 1871 (see "Carol's Landing" below).
In 1915 local residents began using the name "Carrolton". In 1941 the U.S. Board of Geographic Names made official "Carroll Channel", a decision which changed in 1960 when the U.S. Board of Geographic Names made "Carrolls" the official spelling for all three locations.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Records database (2006) shows a "Major Carroll" being given title to 31.98 acres in the SWSW Quarter of T7N R1W Section 19, and the SESE Quarter of T7N R2W Section 24 on July 2, 1866 (Sale-Cash Entry), and being given title to
48.4 acres in the south half of the NE Quarter of T7N R2W Section 24 on September 20, 1870 (Sale-Cash Entry). On November 1, 1871, Major Carroll was given title to 34 acres of the SESW Quarter of T7N R1W Section 19.
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Carrol's Landing ...
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Excerpt from: The Weekly Argus, Thursday, February 23, 1871:
"... The Northern Pacific Railroad Company has purchased Carrol's Landing,
three miles below Kalama, on the Columbia. ..."
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Carroll Channel in 1942 ...
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From the 1942 NOAA "Coast Pilot":
"Carroll (formerly Charlton) Channel, between Cottonwood Island and the Washington shore, is used for log storage and fishing boats. In 1938, 13 feet could be carried through the channel."
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Views ...
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Cottonwood Island (left) and Carrolls Bluff (right).
View heading north on Interstate 5.
Image taken August 12, 2006.
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Carrolls Bluff.
View heading north on Interstate 5.
Image taken January 28, 2007.
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Carrolls Bluff.
View heading north on Interstate 5.
Cottonwood Island is visible on the left.
Image taken November 15, 2005.
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Carrolls Bluff.
View heading south on Interstate 5.
Image taken October 25, 2011.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, November 6, 1805, first draft ...
Clark, November 6, 1805 ...
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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:
- Hitchman, R., 1985, Place Names of Washington, Washington State Historical Society;
- NOAA Office of Coast Survey website, 2005;
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management website, 2006, General Land Office Records (GLO);
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database, 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.
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