The Columbia River - Mount Solo, Washington

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Mount Solo, Washington"

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Image, 2005, Mount Solo, Washington, click to enlarge

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Mount Solo, Washington. from Dibblee Point Beach, Oregon. Image taken February 19, 2005.

Mount Solo ...

Mount Solo is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 62, just downstream of Longview. At its base lies an area known as Barlow Point and dowlstream lies Willow Grove. Mount Solo is directly across the Columbia from Lord/Dibblee Island, and slightly upstream of Walker Island.

Early Mount Solo ...

The 1857 cadastral survey (tax survey) for T8N R2W shows "Mt. Solo" in the northwest corner of Section 30.

The 1888 nautical chart "Columbia River, Sheet No.4, Grim's Island to Kalama", has Mount Solo listed as "Mount Solo".

Views ...

Click image to enlarge	Mount Solo view from Oregon Highway 30, climbing the Green Point hill. Longview, Washington, is shown at the base of Mount Solo. Image taken January 31, 2007.
Click image to enlarge	Mount Solo from Barlow Point, Washington. From Barlow Point Road. Image taken April 3, 2017.

From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, March 27, 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:

NOAA Office of Coast Survey website, 2005;
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Cadastral Survey database, 2016;

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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