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Looking west at present day Hungry Harbor. Photo Courtesy of James Sayce
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On Sunday morning, they were able to continue on and passed later-day Knappton and Cliff Point. They attempted to round Point Ellice, which is the north abutment of the current Astoria-Megler Bridge, but they were beaten back by strong swells and waves.
They retreated some two miles upriver and disembarked at the small stream which entered what is now known as “Hungry Harbor”, an area where many fishermen were later trapped for days in the 1880s by weather similar to that encountered by the Corps of Discovery. Clark referred to Point Ellice as “Point Distress” while Sgt. Gass called it “Blustry Point.”
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