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Bridge of the Gods, Columbia River Gorge, Washington, December 23, 2002

[View: east.  45º 39’ 47” N - 121º 54’ 18” W]

[Clark]                                                                   October 31^st Thursday 1805

. . .  the Great Shute which commenced at the Island on which we encamped

Continud with great rapidity and force thro a narrow chanel much compressd.

and interspersed with large rocks for 1/2 a mile, at a mile lower is a verry

Considerable rapid at which place the waves are remarkably high. . .

[Clark]                                                                     November 1^st Friday 1805

. . . The Indians who arrived last evining took their Canoes on ther Sholders

and Carried them below the Great Shute, we Set about takeing our Small Canoe

and all the baggage by land 940 yards of bad Slippery and rockey way    The

Indians we discovered took ther loading the whole length of the portage 2 ½

miles, to avoid a Second Shute which appears verry bad to pass. . .

we got all our baggage over the Portage of 940 yards, after which we got the

4 large Canoes over by Slipping them over the rocks on poles placed across

from one rock to another. . .