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IX--Astoria Sand-Flats, Columbia River

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Title IX--Astoria Sand-Flats, Columbia River
Relation gov serial set 1676
Date 2005-08-16 to 2005-08-23
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Description cal year. Owing to the great extent of the " Hog's Back" Shoals, which spread out to about ten miles in width at the broadest part between the shore-lines, there is no perceptible rise in the river at this locality ; but the forces of the currents are in consequence of the freshets greatly strengthened, and these, aided by unusually strong ebb-tides, may wash out an entirely new channel. A careful examination after the waters of the upper river commence to recede can alone disclose any...
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