Whitebear Islands, Missouri River, North Dakota, United States (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"These three islands are opposite to each other, and we gave them the name of the Whitebear islands from observing some of those animals on them."
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark / To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean
by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark"At the Whitebear camp we were occupied with the boat and digging a pit for the purpose of making some tar. Later, from the head of the Whitebear islands he proceeded in a southwest direction…"