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This year being the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Ocean, there are many new exhibits and sites to visit. The Long Beach Peninsula and the Astoria area, in particular, honor Lewis and Clark because they completed their mission here at the mouth of the Columbia River.
FORT CLATSOP
After reaching the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark set up camp at Fort Clatsop, near present-day Astoria, and spent the winter of 1805-06
Fort Clatsop has been accurately reconstructed based on old plans found in the expedition journals
Rendering of fort, on left, and floor plans, on right
Storage room	Lewis and Clark's room
Fireplace	Painting at the visitor center
More exhibits at the visitor center
LONG BEACH SITES
The town of Long Beach has many memorials honoring Lewis and Clark
William Clark carved the Corps' accomplishment on a tree near the ocean
The Discovery Trail follows the shores of Long Beach Peninsula where bronze memorials honoring key moments of the L & C exploration are erected. This is another bronze sculpture memorializing the famous tree on the beach on which Clark enscribed the date of their arrival.
This monument on the beach commemorates Clark's sighting of the ocean and giant sturgeon
The names of Clark's party are enscribed on the basalt monolith
A nearby exhibit memorializes Clark's finding of whale bones
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