Lewis & Clark National Historical Park - Fort Clatsop - Oregon
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N 46° 08.049 W 123° 52.748
10T E 432091 N 5109328
Fort Clatsop, a unit within the Lewis & Clark National Historic Park
Waymark Code: WMH4PX
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2013
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Fort Clatsop served as the winter encampment for the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1805-06. Administered by the National Park Service, the 125 acre site is located about five miles southwest of Astoria.
The original Fort Clatsop did not survive due to the wet climate; the current Fort is a reproduction. The original replica was built in 1955 but destroyed by fire in 2005. A new reproduction was completed in 2006. The reproductions were based on sketches from William Clark's journal.
The park has had an interesting history from a management perspective. It was first organized as Fort Clatsop National Memorial in 1958. In 2004, Fort Clatsop was absorbed into the new Lewis & Clark National and State Historical Parks, which contains multiple sites in Oregon and Washington and is co-administered by the National Park Service and by the states of Oregon and Washington.
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Visit Instructions:A log will require a recent photograph at the coordinates. Some of these locations will be placed for the scenery, so a gpsr will just ruin the picture.
If you don't have a digital camera post a descriptive log.