Astor Expedition



Locations
Participants

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1811/10/28 The Overland Astorians, a Pacific Fur Company expedition led by Wilson Price Hunt descending the upper Snake River to Astoria, encounter rough water below the present Milner Dam. Milner Dam and the Twin Falls Main Canal, Murtaugh, ID
1811/10/28 In the gorge of the Snake about two miles past (below the present Milner Dam), one of the Pacific Fur Company expedition's most experienced and valuable voyageurs, Antoine Clappine, is lost overbroad when his canoe hits a partly submerged rock. Milner Dam and the Twin Falls Main Canal, Murtaugh, ID
1811/10/28 The Overland Astorians run the rapids at Caldron Linn, where the river is compressed into a tumultuous whirling vortex in a narrow rock chute and falls. At Dry creek, another mile downstream, they will exit of the rocky gorge of the Snake. Caldron Linn, Murtaugh, ID
1811/11/00 Near Dry creek, a mile downstream of Caldron Linn near where the Murtaugh Road crosses the Snake, the Overland Astorians cache their supplies, divide into three parties and reluctantly prepare for a long hike to the Pacific Ocean. Murtaugh, ID, Idaho
1812/01/18 After canoeing down the Salmon and Clearwater rivers, then the lower Snake and Columbia rivers, Donald Mackenzie and eleven Pacific Fur Company employees reach Fort Astoria. Fort Astoria, Astoria

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