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Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
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Columbia Shores ...
Campsite of March 30, 1806 ...
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Lewis and Clark's campsite of March 30, 1806, was on the Washington side of the Columbia River on "a beautifull prarie above a large pond". The "large pond" was one of the many ponds which at one time dotted the "prarie".
Throughout history this "prarie" has been known as
"Jolie Prairie" and "Belle Vue Point" (not to be confused with Lieutenant Broughton's Belle Vue Point of 1792). This "prarie" is the location of today's Fort Vancouver, Pearson Field, and the condominium/restaurant/office complex of Columbia Shores.
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"... we continued our rout along the N. E. shore of the river to the place we had halted to dine on the 4th of Novembr opposite to the center of Immage canoe island where the Indians stole Capt. Clarks tomahawk. here we encamped a little before sunset in a beautifull prarie above a large pond having traveled 23 M. I took a walk of a few miles through the prarie and an open grove of oak timber which borders the prarie on the back part. ...
we had a view of mount St. helines and Mount Hood. the 1st is the most noble looking object of it's kind in nature. it's figure is a regular cone. both these mountains are perfectly covered with snow; at least the parts of them which are visible. ..."
[Lewis, March 30, 1806]
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"... we proceeded on to the place the Indians Stole my Tomahawk 4th Novr. last and Encamped in a Small Prarie above a large Pond on N. E. and opposit the Center of image Canoe island. ..."
[Clark, March 30, 1806]
Lewis and Clark's previous campsite was at "Wapato Portage", another prairie near a Cathlapotle Village, today within the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Their camp of March 31, 1806, was at Cottonwood Beach, where they spent the next 6 days.
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Views ...
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Lewis and Clark's March 30, 1806 campsite, looking upstream.
"Columbia Shores", Washington, with Mount Hood, Oregon.
Image taken January 20, 2004.
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Campsite of March 30, 1806, as seen from downstream. Mount Hood, Oregon, is in the background.
Image taken March 29, 2004.
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March 30, 1806 campsite, looking downstream.
Condominiums, with the Interstate-5 Bridge just visible, connecting Vancouver, Washington (right) with Hayden Island, Oregon (left).
Image taken January 20, 2004.
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March 30, 1806 campsite, as seen from Oregon shores.
Condominiums on the Washington shore are visible. Cruise ship is "Empress of the North", docked at Hayden Island, Oregon.
Image taken March 29, 2004.
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- Condominiums ...
- Ilchee Bronze ...
- Kaiser Shipyard ...
- Naming Mount Jefferson ...
- Snowstorm 2017 ...
- Waterfront Renaissance Trail ...
- Wendy Rose Sculpture ...
- Views from Columbia Shores ...
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Condominiums ...
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Columbia Shores Condominiums, Vancouver, Washington.
View from Hayden Island, Portland, Oregon.
Image taken January 24, 2015.
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Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Columbia Shores.
Image taken December 31, 2006.
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Condominiums, Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken January 5, 2019.
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Alligator, Columbia Shores condominiums, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken January 5, 2019.
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Ilchee Bronze ...
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The seven-foot-tall 700-pounds bronze statue, created in 1994 by Eric Jensen, is located along Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail, west of the restaurants at Columbia Shores. The bronze, and the small plaza in which it is located, honor the Chinook people.
Ilchee, known as "Moon Girl", (also seen spelled as "Illche" and "Moon Woman") was the daughter of Chief Comcomly, the "one-eyed chief" of the Chinook Tribe, and befriender not only of Lewis and Clark, but also of the early settlement at Astoria. In 1811 Ilchee married Astorian Duncan McDougal, chief factor of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, and later married Chief Casino (often seen as "Casanov"), a high ranking chief of the Chinook Tribe after Chief Comcomly.
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Ilchee Bronze. Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken December 31, 2006.
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Ilchee Bronze. Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken December 31, 2006.
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Kaiser Shipyard ...
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The area of Columbia Shores was once part of the World War II Kaiser Shipyard. According to the McMenamins On The Columbia website (2016):
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" ... it wasn’t that long ago, during WWII, that this area was a bustling, bristling wartime manufacturing area. One of the famous Kaiser Shipyards was located at this very spot ... there were berths for upwards of 18 ships at a time, in all stages of production ..."
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Renaissance Trail at Columbia Shores, Washington, view looking east.
Image taken January 20, 2016.
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Once part of the Kaiser Shipyard, not-quite-finished ships lined up bow to stern along the shoreline "sea wall". McMenamins Restaurant is just visible as first building on the left.
Note the Kaiser Shipyard era "Whirly Crane" in the center background.
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Renaissance Trail at Columbia Shores, Washington, view looking east.
Image taken January 20, 2016.
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Once part of the Kaiser Shipyard, not-quite-finished ships lined up bow to stern along the shoreline "sea wall".
Note the Kaiser Shipyard era "Whirly Crane" in the center background.
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Renaissance Trail at Columbia Shores, Washington, view looking east towards Ryan Point.
Image taken January 20, 2016.
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Once part of the Kaiser Shipyard, not-quite-finished ships lined up bow to stern along the shoreline "sea wall".
Note the Kaiser Shipyard era "Whirly Crane" in the background. Mount Hood is on the left horizon.
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Renaissance Trail at Columbia Shores, Washington, view looking west.
Image taken January 20, 2016.
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Once part of the Kaiser Shipyard, not-quite-finished ships lined up bow to stern along the shoreline "sea wall". The sculpture "Wendy Rose", a tribute to "Women in the Shipyards" is on the right.
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Naming Mount Jefferson ...
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On March 30, 1806, as Lewis and Clark were setting up their camp at "Jolie Prairie" the expedition first saw and commented on
Mount Jefferson, and gave it the name it has today.
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"... we made 22 Miles only to day the wind and a Strong current being against us all day, with rain. discovered a high mountain S E. Covered with Snow which we call Mt. Jefferson. ..."
[Clark, March 30, 1806]
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Mount Jefferson, Oregon, as seen from across the Columbia River, just downstream Ryan Point, Washington.
The peak is barely visible right skyline above sailboat. On March 30, 1806, Lewis and Clark first commented on Mount Jefferson, and gave the mountain its name.
Rocky Butte, a Boring Lava Cone, is on the left. Marina along shoreline is area of old ferry landing.
Image taken March 8, 2004.
"... discovered a high mountain S E. Covered with Snow which we call Mt. Jefferson. ..."
[Clark, March 30, 1806]
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Snowstorm 2017 ...
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Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Snowstorm of January 2017, with 10-12 inches in Vancouver and temperatures in the high teens to low 30s.
Image taken January 14, 2017.
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Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Snowstorm of January 2017, with 10-12 inches in Vancouver and temperatures in the high teens to low 30s.
Image taken January 14, 2017.
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Snow, Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Snowstorm of January 2017, with 10-12 inches in Vancouver and temperatures in the high teens to low 30s.
Image taken January 14, 2017.
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Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Snowstorm of January 2017, with 10-12 inches in Vancouver and temperatures in the high teens to low 30s.
Image taken January 14, 2017.
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Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Snowstorm of January 2017, with 10-12 inches in Vancouver and temperatures in the high teens to low 30s.
Image taken January 14, 2017.
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Captain Lewis, Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Snowstorm of January 2017, with 10-12 inches in Vancouver and temperatures in the high teens to low 30s.
Image taken January 14, 2017.
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Waterfront Renaissance Trail ...
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Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Columbia Shores.
Image taken December 31, 2006.
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Snow, Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Snowstorm of January 2017, with 10-12 inches in Vancouver and temperatures in the high teens to low 30s.
Image taken January 14, 2017.
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"Wendy Rose", Waterfront Renaissance Trail ...
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"Wendy Rose" is a 10-foot tall and 5-foot wide stainless steel sculpture located at Columbia Shores along Vancouver's Waterfront Renaissance Trail.
The sculture was designed and created by a group of local artists known as "Women Who Weld". The sculpture sits on land once part of the Kaiser Shipyards at Ryan Point.
According to the City of Vancouver's "Public Art In Vancouver" website (2012):
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"... The Wendy Rose sculpture commemorates and honors all those who worked at the Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver. ... The stainless steel sculpture is shown in work clothes proudly donning a red glass polka dot scarf. She is seen stepping from the home to the industrial work world and into the future, crossing the dam that powered the shipyards. Wendy is surrounded by other local symbols of the era which help celebrate the spirit and legacy of women of WWII. ..."
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"Wendy Rose", Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Vancouver, Washington.
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"Wendy Rose", Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Vancouver, Washington.
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Views from Columbia Shores ...
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Setting sun from Columbia Shores.
View towards Hayden Island.
Image taken October 13, 2006.
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Columbia Shores and Interstate 5, Sunset.
Image taken October 13, 2006.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, March 30, 1806 ...
Lewis, March 30, 1806 ...
Gass, March 30, 1806 ...
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The morning was fair with some dew. We set out early accompanied by several of the natives in canoes. The river is very high, overflowing all its banks. We passed some villages of the natives on Wapto island, which is about 20 miles long and one broad, but did not halt at any of them. The natives of this country ought to have the credit of making the finest canoes, perhaps in the world, both as to service and beauty; and are no less expert in working them when made. We had a beautiful day throughout, and in the evening encamped on a handsome prairie in sight of a large pond on the north side of the river.
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Ordway, March 30, 1806 ...
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. we Set out eairly and proceed on the River Still riseing & is now So high that the tide has no effect to be perceived at this time considerable of drift wood floating down the River. Saw 2 large villages on a large long Island which is named wa pa-toe Isld. & is about 25 miles long, partly timbered & partly prarie & soil rich. a number of the Savages followed us Some distance with their canoes I must give these Savages as well as those on the coast the praise of makeing the neatest and handsomest lightest best formed canoes I ever Saw & are the best hands to work them. Saw mount rainey and Mount Hood which is verry white with Snow &C about Sunset we Camped at a handsom prarie & Groves of oak timber &C— the country is lower & more Smooth than below.—
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Whitehouse, March 30, 1806 ...
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We set out early this morning, & proceeded on. The River still continuing rising, and is so high, that the tide has no Effect, as high up the River as where we now are. A number of the Indians accompanied us in their small Canoes. We saw a considerable quantity of drift wood floating down the River. We passed two large Indian Villages which were on a large island [Sauvie Island]. This island was very long and is called Waptoe island, it is about 25 Miles long, & is partly Wood land & the remainder Priari land, & is very rich Soil. A number of the Indians who resided on this Island, came out in their Canoes to see us. We saw this day Mount Rainey [actually Mount St. Helens, Washington] & Mount hood [Mount Hood, Oregon]; they appeared white & was covered with Snow.— At sunset we encamp'd at a handsome place on the North side of the River ["Jolie Prairie"], where the land was Priaries & Groves of White Oak & cotton timber, & the Country laying much lower than the Country below
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