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Chinook Point

Chinook, Washington
County of Pacific.
Chinook vicinity, off U.S. 101
National Register Number: 66000747
 Resource type: Site.
Property type: Landscape - natural feature. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2008.
Certified Local Government: NO
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Current use/information: State owned..

Statement of Significance (as of designation - July 4, 1961):
Capt. Robert Grey's May 1792 discovery of the Columbia River at Chinook Point gave the United States a strong claim to the Pacific Northwest; a claim which was long disputed by Great Britain.

Condition:
There are no threats indicated for this landmark.

Unknown.


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