U.S. Army Engineers
1899

Chart of the Mouth of the Columbia River

Improvement of the Mouth of the Columbia River survey made June 1899

DESCRIPTION: Antique hand-colored chart of the mouth of the Columbia River. From a survey made June 1899 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Includes Astoria, Oregon; Youngs Bay, Clatsop Spit, Sand Island, Chinook River, Cape Disappointment, and Fort Stevens. Emphasis of the chart is on the south jetty (built 1884) near Clatsop Spit with hundreds of depth soundings at the Columbia River bar and just beyond there offshore.

The Columbia River comprises most of the border between the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. At 1,243 miles long the Columbia is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest. The Columbia River bar is very dangerous with over 2,000 wrecks recorded since 1792. The U.S. Coast Guard operates a National Motor Lifeboat School at Cape Disappointment to the north of the Columbia River mouth.

CREATOR: U.S. Army Engineers

PUBLICATION DATE: 1899

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Columbia River

CONDITION: Good.  Very clean, with no issues. Shortish margin to the left.

COLORING: Hand colored.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 21 " x 16 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 88

PRICE: $275

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