Fort Clatsop National Memorial, demonstrate how dugouts were used

The Lewis and Clark Expedition finally heard the roaring of the Pacific Ocean on November 7, 1805, after paddling down the Clearwater, Shake and Columbia Rivers in dugout canoes they had built after crossing the Rocky mountains by foot and horseback. The "Corps of Discovery" arrived at the site of Fort Clatsop December 7, 1805, and remained until March 23, 1806. National Park Service Rangers and volunteers, at Fort Clatsop National Memorial, demonstrate how dugouts were used on the Lewis and Clark River. - Published by the Fort Clatsop Historical Association, Astoria, Oregon. Photograph by Andrew E. Cier.