The City of Long Beach received permission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to display the skeleton. In March of 2002, students, city employees and biologists located and carefully excavated the skeleton. The bones were cleaned and preserved. In April of 2003 the bones were rearticulated into the skeleton shown here.

Bronze sculptures of Captain William Clark and a 10-foot-long sturgeon.

“I proceeded on the Sandy Coast 4 miles, and marked my name on a Small pine, the Day of the month & year, and returned to the foot of the hill, from which place I intended to Strike across to The Bay, I saw a Sturgeon which had been thrown on Shore and left by the tide 10 feet in length, and Several joints of the back bone of a whale which must have foundered on this part of the Coast.” ~ William Clark

Created by sculptor Jim Demetro from Battle Ground, Washington, the bronze sculptures can be found on Discovery Trail in Long Beach.

Clark's Tree

Rising more than 20 feet above the dunes, "Clark's Tree" is a bronze sculpture created by Utah sculptor Stanley Wanlass. Commemorating the carving Clark made in a pine tree Nov. 19, 1805, Clark's Tree bears the inscription: "William Clark. Nov. 19, 1805. By land from the U. States." Read the full story of the tree's journey to Long Beach. Take a look at the tree through the Tree Cam.

Basalt Monolith

Carved into this pillar of basalt are quotations commemorating the most northwesterly point reached by the Corps of Discovery. The monolith can be found just off the Bolstad beach approach in Long Beach.

Beard's Hollow