The Pacific Northwest

Guide to Lewis and Clark Expedition Sites in Idaho

Wawawai — Vanished Orchard Community of the Snake River  Council ground - Nez Perce

Kamiah History.  Older than the recorded history of the West, Kamiah was the winter home of the Nez Perce Indians. It was here they came to fish for steelhead, a staple in their diet, and to manufacture “Kamia” ropes, hence the name Kamiah, meaning the place of “many rope litters”.

Weippe.  Where Lewis and Clark met the Nez Perce

Orofino and Clearwater County  ​"fine gold" [ore] in Spanish

Wawawai Bay fishing

Weather and Climate

Bomb Cyclone