Lower Falls of the Columbia. (1814)
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Title
Lower Falls of the Columbia . (1814)
Creator
Lewis , Meriwether , 1774-1809 .
Date.Original
1814
Publisher
London : Printed for Longman , Hurst , Rees , Orme and Brown.. .
Description
1 map : 10 x 18 cm . In the end of October in 1805 the Lewis & Clark expedition reached the Schutes of the Columbia , in the area today known as Cascade Locks . The expedition was forced to portage around these falls on November 1st , and again on their return trip in the spring of the following year . The falls were later bypassed by the development of a set of locks in 1896 , and subsequently drowned with the completion of the Bonneville Dam in 1938 .
Subject
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) ; West (U.S.)--Description and travel--Maps
Type
Image
Genre
Maps
Location Depicted
United States--Columbia River
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Identifier
wsu557 ; F592.4 1814
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Digitization
Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Format
image/jpg2000
Contributors
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections
Language
English
Source
Is found in Travels to the source of the Missouri River and across the American continent to the Pacific Ocean , 1814. F592.4 1814 at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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