Off I-80N, The Dalles, Oregon. County/parish: Wasco.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 04, 1980. NRIS 80003389.
1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
The Rock Fort Campsite is a natural fortification on the south shore of the Columbia River in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. The Lewis and Clark Expedition camped at this defensible spot for three nights in late October 1805, just after it passed Celilo Falls on its descent to the Pacific Ocean, and again for one night on their return journey. It was here that the expedition first made significant contact and commerce with the Chinookan-speaking peoples of the lower Columbia.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77851452