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Cathlamet Bay from the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary.
Looking downstream from the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary viewing platform, across Cathlamet Bay (part of the Columbia River Estuary and the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge). Approximate site of Lewis and Clark's campsite of November 26, 1805.
Image taken August 2, 2003.
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Twilight Eagle Sanctuary ...
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The Twilight Eagle Sanctuary is located within Cathlamet Bay, 2.5 miles east of
Astoria, Oregon, and just downstream from Settler Point.
This wetland Sanctuary was established in 1992, and along with Columbia Land Trust acquisitions in 2009, now totals over 100 acres of old growth forest, tidal wetlands, and shoreline, and stretches nearly a mile along the Columbia River.
The Sanctuary is just off of U.S. Highway 30. A viewing platform overlooks acres of mudflats, tidal marshes, open water, and islands. It is an excellent location to observe birds and other wildlife living on the lower Columbia River estuary. The viewing area has several interpretive panels about the wetlands, bald eagles, and the Lewis and Clark journey.
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Lewis and Clark and the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary ...
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On their way to their winter camp at Fort Clatsop, Lewis and Clark hugged the Oregon shore of the Columbia River along Cathlamet Bay and on the night of November 26, 1805 they camped in the area of today's
Twilight Eagle Sanctuary.
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Campsite of November 26, 1805 ...
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Lewis and Clark's campsite of November 26, 1805, was along the south bank of Cathlamet Bay's South Channel, downstream of Settler Point, in today's Twilight Eagle Sanctuary, part of the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge.
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"... we proceeded on through a Deep bend to the South and encamped under a high hill, where we found much difficuelty in precureing wood to burn, as it was raining hard, as it had been the greater part of the day ..."
[Clark, November 26, 1805]
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"... the day rainy and cold. we went on passd. Several low marshey Islands which was covred with course grass, and willows the Shore is high land covred thick with pine timber and under brush. we Campd in a thick part of wood ..."
[Ordway, November 26, 1805]
Lewis and Clark's previous campsite was on the Washington shore across from Pillar Rock, and their campsite of November 27, 1805, was on the isthmus of Tongue Point.
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Views ...
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Lewis and Clark NWR, Columbia River Estuary, Cathlamet Bay.
Looking from the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary viewing platform, across Cathlamet Bay, part of the Columbia River Estuary and the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge. Grays Bay is in the distance on the right.
Image taken August 2, 2003.
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Looking from Twilight Eagle Sanctuary, Cathlamet Bay, Oregon towards Grays Bay, Washington.
Looking from the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary viewing platform, across Cathlamet Bay, part of the Columbia River Estuary and the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge. Grays Bay is in the distance.
Image taken August 2, 2003.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, November 26, 1805, first draft ...
Clark, November 26, 1805 ...
Whitehouse, November 26, 1805 ...
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Tuesday Novemr. 26th
A cloudy wet morning, & we set out early.
we proceeded about 1 Mile up the River & then crossed it.
In doing of which we passed through several Islands.
We proceeded on down the South side of the River, & came to an Inhabited Village of Indians. [Knappa, Oregon]
We halted at this place for a short time; ...
We continued on still down the River; the day being wet, cold and very disagreeable.
We encamped in a thicket on the South shore [today the location of the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary]. ...
We saw along the shore, a number of Islands that lay very low & marshy.
The Geese, swan & Ducks are in the greatest plenty at this place, & our Hunters killed a number of them.
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Clark, November 27, 1805 ...
Clark, March 24, 1806 ...
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