Barker Landscape Architects
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN + PLANNING
- » CAPTAIN WILLIAM CLARK PARK, VANCOUVER, WA
- This 80 acre park was a campsite along the Columbia River for the Lewis and Clark Expedition return trip in April 1806. Upon arrival at the mouth of the Columbia Gorge during the spring floods, the Chinook and people informed the Expedition that no salmon were running in the river that spring, and that they should stock up on provisions before heading up river. This site was their camp, where they hunted elk and jerked hundreds of pounds of meat. The design celebrates the encounter by creating a plaza with “Chinookan„ and dugout canoes, a Chinookan arbor entry, interpretative signs, and native plants.
3002 NW 68th Street | Seattle, WA 98117 | tel: 206.783.2870 | fax: 206.783.3212 | Barker Landscape Architects 2015