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The view that Captains Lewis and Clark woke up to every morning at Fort Clatsop.
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Path leading directly to the front gate of Fort Clatsop.
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Looking at the exterior of Fort Clatsop from the southeast.
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Front gate of Fort Clatsop viewed from the northeast.
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Close up of front gate of Fort Clatsop.
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Looking through the front gate of Fort Clatsop at the chimney of the fireplace heating the officers quarters, storeroom, and Charbonneau family quarters.
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Northeast corner of Fort Clatsop.
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Eastern wall of Fort Clatsop.
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Northern wall of Fort Clatsop. The roofs of the enlisted men’s quarters and flagpole is visible from this angle. There was also a small gate in the northern wall. |
Looking at the northern wall of Fort Clatsop from inside. The small gate is visible to the right of the flagpole.
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Another view of the quarters built along the eastern wall. The door nearest to the camera is the Charbonneau family lodgings. The officers’ quarters are located just beyond the chimney. At the end of this structure is the storeroom. |
Sentry box located inside Fort Clatsop next to the officers quarters.
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Interior view of the Charbonneau family quarters. |
Interior view of the Officers lodgings at Fort Clatsop. |
Another view of the officers quarters occupied by Lewis and Clark at Fort Clatsop. |
The interior of the store room located next to the officers quarters. |
Enlisted men’s quarters constructed along the western wall of Fort Clatsop. |
The expedition ingeniously used the stump of one of the large trees as a desk in the enlisted quarters. |
Interior view of the enlisted men’s quarters. Each room had a separate fireplace, which unfortunately cannot be seen in the modern reconstruction of Fort Clatsop. |
Another view of the enlisted men’s quarters. The men lived four to a room, sleeping in paired bunkbeds. |
Exterior view of a chimney in the roof above the enlisted men’s quarters. |
Looking toward the gate of Fort Clatsop from the rifle range to the east. |
Replica of a log canoe constructed by Lewis and Clark while at Fort Clatsop. |
Another view of the log canoes used by Lewis and Clark while they were at Fort Clatsop. |
Another view of the log canoes used by Lewis and Clark while they were at Fort Clatsop.
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Interior view of log canoe.
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National Park Service Visitor’s Center at Fort Clatsop (located off Highway 101 south of Astoria, Oregon) |
Inside the Visitors Center you will find a bronze statue depicting the moment that Lewis and Clark sighted the Pacific Ocean.
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Indian canoes were usually much more elaborate and finely built than the workmanlike designs utilized by Lewis and Clark.
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Another view of a typical canoe design used by Pacific Northwest Indian tribes.
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Another view of the statue depicting the moment that Lewis and Clark saw the Pacific Ocean.
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Replica of buckskins worn by most of the expedition while they were at Fort Clatsop.
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