Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Washington"

Includes ... Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex ... Ridgefield ... Steigerwald ... Franz Lake ... Pierce ... Conboy Lake ...

Click image to enlarge Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. River "S" Unit. Image taken, November 25, 2006. Ridgefield National Wildlife Complex ... The Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex is comprised of five refuges located in the southwest part of the state of Washington. They include the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge north of Vancouver, Conboy Lake NWR, located on the eastern side of the Columbia River Gorge, and Franz Lake, Pierce and Steigerwald Lake Refuges, all located along the Columbia River at the western end of the Columbia River Gorge. The Refuges ... Click image to enlarge Ridgefield NWR, Washington. Great Blue Heron, River "S" Unit. Image taken February 2, 2012. Click image to enlarge Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington. Gibbons Creek. Image taken October 19, 2010. Click image to enlarge Franz Lake NWR, Washington. View from overlook off of Washington State Highway 14. Image taken October 25, 2003. Click image to enlarge Pierce NWR, Washington. View includes Beacon Rock (left), Hamilton Mountain, and Aldrich Butte. The wildlife refuge is along the water. Image taken from Beacon Rock boat dock. Image taken August 1, 2004. Click image to enlarge Conboy Lake NWR, Washington. Sandhill Cranes. Image taken June 5, 2010. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, November 4, 1805 ... Clark, November 5, 1805, first draft ... a Cloudy morning Som rain the after part of last night & this morning. I could not Sleep for the noise kept by the Swans, Geese, white & black brant, Ducks &c. on a opposit base, & Sand hill Crane, they were emensely numerous and their noise horrid [today this location is Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge] Clark, November 5, 1805 ... Clark, March 30, 1806 ... Return to Menu

*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 Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website, 2004; 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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