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Cape Disappointment earned its name when Captain John Meares failed to cross the river bar in 1788. The feat was accomplished in 1792 by American Captain Robert Gray.The Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived at Cape Disappointment in 1805.
The point of the cape is located on the Pacific Ocean in Washington's Pacific County, approximately two miles (3.2 km) southwest of the town of Ilwaco. [1] Cape Disappointment sees about 2,552 hours of fog a year, which is the equivalent of 106 days—making it one of the foggiest places in the U.S. [2] [3]
Cape Disappointment can refer to: Cape Disappointment (Washington) , at the mouth of the Columbia River in western Washington State Cape Disappointment State Park , a state park occupying most of Cape Disappointment commemorating its historical significance
The Cape Disappointment headland was first charted as "San Roque" by a Spanish explorer named Bruno de Heceta while exploring the Northwest Coast in August 1775. Heceta recognized this was probably the mouth of a large river but was unable to explore the entrance, since his crewmembers were weak, suffering from scurvy.
He did name the Northern point Cape Disappointment (Chinookan: kah’see). In 1792, Robert Gray, an American fur trader, crossed the bar in his ship the Columbia Redeviva and became the first white settler to enter the estuary, subsequently naming the estuary Gray's Bay and the river Columbia River. During the 20th century, there existed some ...
Fort Canby may refer to: . Fort Canby (Washington), a coastal fort preserved as part of Cape Disappointment State Park in the U.S. state of Washington Fort Canby State Park, the former name for Cape Disappointment State Park
Cape Disappointment) is a headland which forms the southern extremity of South Georgia It was first charted and so named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook , who upon reaching this position was greatly disappointed in realizing that South Georgia was an island rather than a continent.
Cape Disappointment) is a cape which marks the tip of the ice-covered Akra Peninsula lying between Exasperation Inlet and Scar Inlet, on the east coast of Graham It was discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition , under Otto Nordenskiöld , and so named by him because he encountered many difficult crevasses in approaching the cape.