Oak Point Cowlitz County, Washington
Mapped Location
Oak Point: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Oak Point
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Oak Point
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Oak Point | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Oak Point
References to Oak Point that document the origin of its place name
OAK POINT, a town on the Columbia River in the southwestern part of Cowlitz County. On Sunday October 28, 1792, Lieutenant W. R. Broughton, who was exploring the Columbia River in the armed tender Chatham for Captain Vancouver wrote in his log: "for the first time in this river some oak-trees were seen, one of which measured thirteen feet in girth; this, therefore, obtained the name of Oak Point. (Voyage Round the W arid, second edition, Volume III., page 100.) Oak Point became a great landmark. It was mentioned by Alexander Henry, the Younger, on January 9, 1814. (New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest, edited by Elliott Cones, Volume II., page 793.) This point is on the Oregon side of the Columbia but the Pioneer botanist, David Douglas, who mentioned it frequently, located it on the north bank while describing the oak trees. "Plentiful on the north banks of that stream sixty miles from the ocean, and from that circumstance named by Capt. Vancouver 'Oak Point.' 1792." He gave the tree its botanical name Quercus Garryana,. saying: "I 'have great pleasure in dedicating this species to N. Gerry, Esq., Deputy Governor of the Hudson Bay Company, as a sincere though simple token of regard." (Journal, 1823-1827, page 49.) Hubert Howe Bancroft says that the Oak Point Mills were built on the north side of the river in the summer of 1850 by a man named Dyer for Abernethy and Clark of Oregon City. (Works, Volume XXX., page 4, notes.)
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Last updated: 2024-06-04