A bay in the Columbia River at Brookfield, WA, former townsite and cannery. The forested ridge is a basalt dike topping out at about 900' above the river. The bay is full of pilings from old docks and salmon canneries. The point (at the end of the dike, to the left) had been named "Jim Crow Point" for many years, but has since been re-named Brookfield Point, so as to remove the racist connotation. Historians have made a good case for the term being a reference to an African American who settled in the region: James Saules, who, as a member of the Wilkes Expedition (U.S. Navy), voyaged to Antarctica in the late 1830s. Saules jumped ship from the Expedition on the Columbia River, and lived out his life in the region. Kenneth Coleman's book "Dangerous Subjects" covers Saules' life and experiences, and the history of Black Exclusion laws in Oregon and the PNW. While the point has been re-named after the town, the Adjacent creek has been re-named to James Saules Creek (or Jim Saules. . . not sure); the adjacent island in the river, across the state border still retains the outdated/racist term, "J-- C-- Sands." More: https://www.waheagle.com/story/2016/04/28/news/jim-saules-african-american-pioneer-in-wahkiakum-county/11346.html

Forested shoreline along the Washington side of the Columbia River, looking East. The green streak in the brown muddy bay is outflow from James Saules Creek, just East of the former town of Brookfield.

Former community of Brookfield, Washington. (Between Skamokawa and Altoona on the Columbia River). Much more in the Alt text, including a tiny bit of African American and Antarctic Exploration history... #Black_history #Antarctica #Wilkes_Expedition