Cathlapotle (historical) Clark County, Washington


Mapped Location

Cathlapotle (historical): The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Cathlapotle (historical)

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Cathlapotle (historical)

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Cathlapotle (historical) Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Cathlapotle (historical)

References to Cathlapotle (historical) that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

BACHELORS ISLAND, in Clarke County. On Saturday, March 29, 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition gave this island the name Cathlapole (one spelling being Quathiapotle) Island after the Indian nation of that name, who lived near there. The Wilkes Expedition, 1841, named it "Pasauks Island" and what is now Bachelor Island Slough was called Pigeon Creek. Recent charts carry the name Bachelor for both features.

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-02