Twisted Hair’s Clearwater Fishing Camp
Orofino Idaho 83544
“we did not arrive at the Camp of the Twisted harebut oppost, untill half past 11 oClock P M. found at this Camp five Squars & 3 Children. my guide called to the Chief who was Encamped with 2 others on a Small island in the river, he Soon joind me, I found him a Chearfull man with apparant Siencerity, I gave him a medal &c. and Smoked untill 1 oClock a. m. and went to Sleep.”
—William Clark, September 21, 1805
The Lewis and Clark Expedition camped opposite Twisted Hair’s Clearwater Fishing Camp on three separate nights. Twisted Hair’s island is now a large rock bar and accessible by foot. In 2005, the Idaho Society of Professional Land Surveyors placed a marker here in commemoration of the Lewis and Clark campsite.
Due to railroad construction, Tunnel Pond inundates the Expedition’s campsite. It is a favorite fishing hole for the Orofino community and a great place to imagine Twisted Hair’s Clearwater river fishing camp.
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