He mapped Cape Disappointment and surveyed a number of bays above and below the mouth of the Columbia.
Following its survey in 1951-52, the SGS reported that the small bay immediately north of Cape Disappointment required a name.
In 1848 a lighthouse was recommended to be located at Cape Disappointment in what was then the Oregon Territory.
This problem was corrected by building a lighthouse at North Head, two miles from Cape Disappointment.
The first-order lens was moved to North Head and a fourth-order lens installed at Cape Disappointment.
Cape Disappointment can refer to:
The lens was the first-order lens from Cape Disappointment, and was first lit in 1898.
He named Cape Disappointment for the non-existent river, not realizing the cape marks the northern edge of the river's mouth.
He did see the cape on the north side of the entrance and named it Cape Disappointment, reflecting his failure to find the river's mouth.
When members of the corps of discovery first walked up to the bluff at Cape Disappointment, there was finally a sense of triumph.
He mapped Cape Disappointment and surveyed a number of bays above and below the mouth of the Columbia.
Following its survey in 1951-52, the SGS reported that the small bay immediately north of Cape Disappointment required a name.
In 1848 a lighthouse was recommended to be located at Cape Disappointment in what was then the Oregon Territory.
This problem was corrected by building a lighthouse at North Head, two miles from Cape Disappointment.
The first-order lens was moved to North Head and a fourth-order lens installed at Cape Disappointment.
Cape Disappointment can refer to:
The lens was the first-order lens from Cape Disappointment, and was first lit in 1898.
He named Cape Disappointment for the non-existent river, not realizing the cape marks the northern edge of the river's mouth.
He did see the cape on the north side of the entrance and named it Cape Disappointment, reflecting his failure to find the river's mouth.
When members of the corps of discovery first walked up to the bluff at Cape Disappointment, there was finally a sense of triumph.