A Walk Along the Ocean Shore
On November 18, 1805, William Clark took eleven men on an excursion to the ocean. Following the curving edge of Haley's Bay (today's Baker Bay), they proceeded to Cape Disappointment, crossed the cape to the west, and then headed due north across the rugged terrain to the beach. Early on November 19th, the party reached the Long Beach Peninsula's sandy shore. The men proceeded north up the beach approximately four miles before returning to Station Camp. Clark wrote: "I proceeded up the Course ... & marked my name & the Day of the Month on a pine tree..."

Source: The Washington Experience of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Otak, Inc, 2001.
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Station Camp - The End of the Voyage
Chinook Village
A Walk Along the Ocean Shore
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