Record Details
Lower Falls of the Columbia. (1814)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Lower Falls of the Columbia. (1814) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu557 wsu 557; F592.4 1814 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,698 |
| Creator | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809. |
| Date | 1814 2000 - 2002 |
| 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 | Maps |
| Coverage | United States -- Columbia River |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | 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. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is found in Travels to the source of the Missouri River and across the American continent to the Pacific Ocean : performed by order of the government of the United States, in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806 / by Captains Lewis and Clarke. ; Published from the official report, and illustrated by a map of the route, and other maps. |
