The Great Explorations - Vancouver, Washington
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BruceS
N 45° 37.660 W 122° 39.522
10T E 526604 N 5052736
Marker identifying some of the exploration which was initiated from Vancouver Barracks.
Waymark Code: WMJ7RR
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2013
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Text of marker:
The Great Explorations
A stake in front of the Grant house once marked the spot where, in 1853, Captain George B. McClellan set out to find routes through the Cascade Mountains for the Pacific Railroad. Under the direction of General Nelson A. Miles in the 1880's expeditions were set to trace the Yukon and Putnam Rivers in Alaska. George Goethals, later chief engineer for the Panama Canal, received his first major assignment at Vancouver to explore the territory between Old Fort Colville and Lake Osoyoos on the Canadian Border.
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