| Clark's Tree | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Stanley Wanlass |
| Year | 2003 |
| Medium | Lost-wax cast bronze |
| Subject | Lewis and Clark Expedition 1805 arrival at the Pacific Ocean |
| Location | Long Beach, Washington |
| 46°22′16″N124°03′43″W / 46.37118°N 124.06182°W | |
Clark's Tree is a bronze memorial sculpture in Long Beach, Washington commemorating Lewis and Clark's journey across North America. It sits on a dune above the Pacific Ocean beach at Breakers near where Clark carved a message on a living tree to establish United States precedence of discovery and occupation in what was then the Oregon Country. The memorial was created by Stanley Wanlass, a sculptor educated at Brigham Young University. [1] The sculpture marks the westernmost and northernmost point of Lewis and Clark's journey on the Pacific coast. [2] [3]
The sculpture was built in Clarkston, then barged down the Columbia River in 2003 with stops for public viewing in Richland, Hood River, Portland and Vancouver, [4] then into the Pacific Ocean to reach Long Beach. In the process the sculpture was nearly lost at sea, according to Wanlass. [2]
Another marker with the same name was constructed in 1932 at 3rd and Pacific in Long Beach's downtown area. [5]