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Encyclopedia > Cape Disappointment

Cape Disappointment can refer to:

  • Cape Disappointment (South Georgia)
  • Cape Disappointment (South Orkney Islands)
  • Cape Disappointment (Antarctica)
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Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Cape Disappointment, Washington (3045 words)
Cape Disappointment is the Washington point at the mouth of the Columbia River.
Cape Disappointment is the location chosen for Fort Canby, one of the three defensive forts at the mouth of the Columbia.
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse is the oldest functioning lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States, and the Cape Disappointment Light marks the north side of the Columbia River Bar.
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park - History & Culture: Places: Cape Disappointment (U.S. National Park ... (294 words)
It was at the base of Cape Disappointment that the Corps of Discovery achieved their principal mission of traveling across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
The Cape Disappointment Lighthouse was constructed in 1856 to warn seamen of the treacherous river bar known by then as "the graveyard of the Pacific." This is the oldest functioning lighthouse on the West Coast.
In 1862, Cape Disappointment was armed with smoothbore cannons to protect the mouth of the Columbia River from enemies during the Civil War.
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