Harbor Defenses of the Columbia River
1863-1947
Fort Stevens (Point Adams, Hammond, OR) (1863-1947)
Fort Canby (Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, WA) (1863-1947)
Fort Columbia (Scarborough Point, Chinook, WA) (1897-1947)
Units Stationed at the Harbor Defense of the Columbia
Units and Operational History of Harbor Defenses of the Columbia
Columbia River Harbor Defense Reference materials
Copies of documents from the National Archives in PDF format.
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Military Maps (PDFs)
Civil War Battery Layouts, Columbia River Defenses
Annexes/Supplements to the Harbor Defense Project (PDFs)
Local HD Board Proceedings 1942
Supplement to HD Columbia River Project 1944/1945
Aerial Photographs of the Columbia Defenses (from National Archives)
Aerial HDCR Photo Collection (JPGS in Zip file, caution Large file 336 MB)
Reports of Completed Batteries/Completed Works (PDFs)
RCBs For Columbia River Defenses
RCWs For Fort Columbia
RCWs for Fort Canby
RCWs for Fort Stevens
Battery Construction Correspondence Files (Zip files of PDFs)
Battery Construction at Fort Stevens
Battery Construction at Fort Columbia
Battery Construction at Fort Canby
Engineer Notebook 1900-1920s (PDF)
Engineer Notebook HD Columbia River
Inspection Reports, 1922-1941 (PDF)
Quartermaster Building Records 1900-1941 (PDFs)
Quartermaster Building Records For Fort Columbia
Quartermaster Building Records for Fort Canby
Quartermaster Building Records for Fort Stevens
Publications
- Zink, Robert D. “Forts of Wherever #20. Columbia River and Western Washington.” CDSG Journal Vol. 7, No. 3, Nov. 1993, p. 61
- Berhow, Mark. “Battery Francis L. Guenther — America’s Last Mortar Battery.” CD Journal Volume 32, Issue 1, Winter 2018: 4-36.
- Hanft, Marshall, The Cape Forts: Guardians of the Columbia. Oregon Historical Society. Portland, OR, 1973.
- Hanft, Marshall. Fort Stevens, Oregon’s Defender at the River of the West. Oregon State Parks and Recreation Branch. Salem, OR, 1980.
- Hussey, John. Chinook Point and the Story of Fort Columbia. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Olympia, WA, 1967.
- Columbia River Forts: History of Fort Canby y Donella J. Lucero and Nancy L. Loomis. Privately published 2016?
- Columbia River Forts: History of Fort Columbia by Donella J. Lucero and Nancy L. Loomis. Privately published 2016?