FORT CLATSOP NATIONAL MEMORIAL

Fort Clatsop National Memorial commemorates the most westerly camp set up by the Lewis and Clark expedition in the winter of 1805-1806. There is nothing left of this ephemeral camp built at the mouth of the Columbia River. The current building is a replica of the fort described by William Clark in his diary. We can see Lewis and Clark's rooms, the officers' rooms, Toussaint Charbonneau's and his wife Sacagawea's rooms, and the soldiers' barracks. In all, 33 of them will spend the winter here, from where they will explore the mouth of the Columbia River and the beaches of the Pacific coast. They will make new clothes, shoes, and try to stock up on food for the winter before heading back to St. Louis, the starting point of the expedition.