Cathlamet

Cathlamet (HM2728)

Location: Cathlamet, WA 98612 Wahkiakum County
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Country: United States of America
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N 46° 12.166', W 123° 23.069'

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This site, long the home and hunting ground of the Indian, was first sighted by white man in 1792 when Lt. Broughton was sent by Capt. Vancouver to verify the Gray's reported discovery of the Columbia, and visited by Lewis and Clark in 1805 on their Northwest Expedition.

Here the tribes of Cathlamet and Wahkiakum gathered, lived and passed on.
To this frontier in 1846, impelled by beauty of river and forest, came James Birnie, formerly of Hudson's Bay Company.
Here he built his home and called it Birnie's retreat.
With the coming of other settlers, he named this site Cathlamet.
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HM NumberHM2728
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Date Added Thursday, April 19th, 2018 at 10:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 470337 N 5116648
Decimal Degrees46.20276667, -123.38448333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 12.166', W 123° 23.069'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 12' 9.96" N, 123° 23' 4.1399999999999" W
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Area Code(s)360
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 68 Main St, Cathlamet WA 98612, US
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