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pages 172-173

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025ci http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,329
Title pages 172-173
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-14
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Description mingling with the Columbia. Canoe River is about 200 feet wide at its mouth and here is the site of the famous Boat Encampment of David Thompson and the early voyagers. On the same side and a short distance below is Camp Creek. Off the mouth of Camp Creek the Columbia is divided into two channels by an island, the right hand channel is agitated with whitewater, but the left hand channel is tranquil. Immediately below the island the River begins to contract, and in spite of the accession from...

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