Lewis & Clark Portage Route

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Historical Markers/Interpretive Sign,  Historic Sites,  Lewis and Clark Expedition

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• Lewis & Clark Portage Route

General info

Location: Great Falls

To avoid the series of waterfalls along the Missouri River north of this point, the Expedition portaged their canoes and several tons of baggage, crossing the highway right here. At the lower camp, some 12 miles NE the crew made crude wagons, the wheels sliced off a cottonwood tree. The upper camp, named after the bears which inhabited the islands, was located some 5 miles SW.

The portage was near man-killing: “the men has to haul with all their strength wate & art,” Clark wrote.

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