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pages 282-283

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026fu http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,781
Title pages 282-283
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-16
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Description insignificant stream as viewed from the Columbia, and one would never suspect that it is navigable for good-sized stern-wheelers for a considerable distance above its mouth. On the right bank of the Columbia, just above the mouth of the Okinagan, is the site of what was perhaps the most important of the original Astor posts of the interior. As a sequel to the war of 1812 it was turned over to the Northwest Company, and ultimately passed under the control of Hudson Bay. I could see nothing but...

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