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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)

HD Columbia River FortWiki

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.

To download the entire set of documents listed below in one zip file (2.5 GB) click this link:

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To download the individual files listed below, Click links to download selected files

Columbia River Maps 1946

Annexes/Supplements to the Harbor Defense Project (PDFs)

Annex to HD Columbia River Project 1937

HDCR Project Plan 1938

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)

Inspection Reports HDCR

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?