October 25, 1805
Rock Fort is an important mid-Columbia campsite for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. After a portage around the Great Falls (Celilo) they came to a gentle part of the river near the present city of The Dalles. They formed their camp on a high point of rocks which forms "a kind of fortification well calculated for defense." Here the expedition remained October 25, 26, 27, 1805 while they dried supplies, repaired canoes, hunted and reconnoitered the river below. The party returned to camp here again on their return journey on April 15, 1806 to (Lewis wrote) "The place we have called Rock Fort Camp."| HM Number | HM246P |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1993 |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, December 30th, 2017 at 10:01am PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10T E 641905 N 5051305 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 45.60080000, -121.18040000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 45° 36.048', W 121° 10.824' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 45° 36' 2.8800000000001" N, 121° 10' 49.44" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 541 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 401 E 2nd St, The Dalles OR 97058, US |
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