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Dibblee Point Beach, Oregon.
Longview, Washington, and the Lewis and Clark Bridge are in the background.
Image taken February 19, 2005.
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Dibblee Point ...
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Dibblee Point is located at Columbia River Mile (RM) 64 and Dibblee Point Beach stretches east, from approximately RM 64 to RM 65. Lord Island (often called Dibblee Island) is located immediately to the north while Rainier, Oregon and the Lewis and Clark Bridge are located upstream. Five miles downstream is Green Point and the Oregon community of Mayger. The former Mount Coffin lies across the Columbia on the Washington side.
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Early Dibblee Point ...
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According to Oregon Geographic Names (2003), Dibblee Point is located on the "old Dibblee farm", once owned by John Dibblee. In 1869 John and his wife Sarah moved to Oregon and bought the Charles North Donation Land Claim (DLC). John Dibblee operated a large dairy farm until his death in 1910 when his son took over the operations.
In 1915 the U.S. Board of Geographic Names made "Dibblee Point" the official name, with other variants being "Dibble Point" and "Dibblees Point".
A sand island which formed in the Columbia River north of Dibblee Point was locally known as Dibblee Island until 1986 when the U.S. Board of Geographic Names made "Lord Island" the official name.
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Dibblee Point Beach ...
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Dibblee Point Beach, Oregon, looking upstream.
The Lewis and Clark Bridge is in the fog in the background.
Image taken February 19, 2005.
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- Lord Island (Dibblee Island) ...
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Lord Island (Dibblee Island) ...
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Columbia River and Lord Island.
View from Oregon Highway 30, west of Rainier. Green Point is the treed slope on the left.
Image taken November 20, 2004.
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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 ...
Clark, March 26, 1806 ...
Lewis, March 26, 1806 ...
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The wind blew so hard this morning that we delayed untill 8 A. M ...
after dinner we proceeded on and passed an Elegant and extensive bottom on the South side [Clatskanie River delta] and an island [Crims Island] near it's upper point which we call Fanny's Island and bottom. the greater part of the bottom is a high dry prarie. near the river towards the upper point we saw a fine grove of whiteoak trees [Oak Point]; we saw some deer and Elk at a distance in the prarie, but did not delay for the purpose of hunting them. we continued our rout after dinner untill late in the evening and encamped on the next island [Walker Island] above fanny's Island.
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