SAVE THE DATE:
“Ocian in View” Lecture Series
November 7-8, 2009
All lectures are open to the public with a $10.00 admission fee. Seating on a first come, first serve basis. Doors open at 6:15 pm. Map of program locations on back side of brochure.
Whet your whistle with a sampling of events from 2008:
Friday, November 7, 7 pm
"The Finest Canoes:" The Chinook Canoe and its Role in Traditional Culture
Ray Gardner, Chairman, Chinook Indian Tribe
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
“The natives of this country ought to have the credit of making the finest canoes, perhaps in the world, both as to service and beauty; and are no less expert in working them when made.” – Sgt. Patrick Gass, 30 Mar 1806
Participants will be introduced to one of the Chinook KAMINs (canoes) and the role the canoe plays in the ceremonies and community of the Chinook people.
Friday, November 7
7:30 pm
Lewis & Clark Wild Game Dinner
Depot Restaurant, Seaview
The Depot Restaurant presents their sixth annual Lewis & Clark Wild Game Dinner. Click here to view the four-course Lewis & Clark inspired menu. Full bodied wines will be matched by Rick Tamer of Spirits West. Call 360-642-7880 for reservations.
Saturday, November 8
9 am - 12 noon and 1 pm - 4 pm
"Land in View" Bus Tour
Jim Sayce, Washington State Historical Society, Tour Guide
This upriver tour will make key stops which recount the maritime exploration of early (pre-Lewis & Clark) Euro-American sailors seeking the fabled Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Captains and crews ranged thousands of miles across unforgiving seas and probed the outer boundary of western North America. But the Great River of the West remained secluded, protected by a dangerous bar and nestled in immense coastal forests.
Join Jim Sayce, a lifelong local resident with a background as a scientist and planner. The tour starts at Cape Disappointment. Seating is limited; reserve early!
Saturday, November 8, 1 pm-4 pm
November on the North Shore Open House
Knappton Cove Heritage Center
Hot cider and history are served up, along with guided walks and exploration of this site of the historic Quarantine Station. The Center is located 3 miles east of the north end of the Astoria-Megler Bridge.
Saturday, November 8, 4 pm-7 pm
Chinook Tribe Seafood Dinner
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
Prepared by Chinook tribe members, dinner includes regional seafood, salad, Indian fry bread, dessert and beverages. Cost is $15 per person, with seniors (55 +) at $13, children under 12 at $5. No reservations required.
Saturday, November 8, 7:00 pm
Pacific Northwest Naturalist David Douglas
Jack Nisbet, teacher, naturalist, writer
Hilltop Auditorium
Author Jack Nisbet will describe Douglas’s three visits to the region between 1825 and 1833 when, as a London Horticultural Society Botanist, he collected plants for development as nursery stock in Europe. Douglas’s work provides a unique look at the flora during the period of contact. His unquenchable curiosity led to the acqusition of much tribal information about specific plants and animals, while his boundless enthusiasm for the entire realm of natural history inspired many trappers, physicians and fur agents.
The presentation includes a look at archeological and geological information as well as species, ranging from native tobacco and pack rats to Condors.
Sunday, November 9, noon
Dedication of California Condor Bronze Sculpture
Port of Ilwaco Covered Pavilion
A life-sized replica of a California Condor, sculpted by nationally-known artist Bart Kenworthy, has been erected as a tribute to the Lewis & Clark Expedition which found a “vulture of the large kind’ on November 18, 1805. The bird, with its 9-foot wing span, was among specimens sent to President Thomas Jefferson. Commissioned by Pacific County Friends of Lewis & Clark, the Condor is posed on the ribs of a whale and both are attached to a basalt rock weighing 40,000 pounds.
Sunday, November 9, 1:00 pm
Columbia Condors: Forgotten Giants in the Sky
David Moen, Research Associate, Oregon Zoo
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
Through the Condor Recovery Program, the Oregon Zoo is involved with captive breeding of the once nearly-extinct Condor. The Condor’s story adds one more chapter to the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest.
Sunday, November 9, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Open House
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
Cape Disappointment State Park
Coffee, juice and cake will be served to visitors to LCIC where exhibits span the entire Corps of Discovery Expedition with a focus on their arrival at the Pacific Ocean in 1805 and their time in the Lower Columbia River region.
Drawing by Roger Cooke,
Courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society
Sunday, November 9, 3:30 pm
Dedication of 'Ocean in View' Nickel Plaque
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
Cape Disappointment State Park
A large-scale replica of the nickel created by the United States Mint in 2005 for the L&C Bicentennial has been presented to the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center by the United States Mint and will be dedicated during the open house. Photographer Andrew E. Cier, whose photograph formed the basis for the nickel’s design, will be in attendance at the event.
