The Pacific highway route is about an hour shorter than the inland route.
The Pacific Ocean
yes, the route the took that led them most directly to the pacific ocean was the Columbia river.
He sent lewis and Clark to find a water route to the pacific
going by the pacific ocean
I ts in the pacific coastline.
The Northwest Passage. It IS there, it's just not a "direct" route -it is "circuitous".
they needed to help president jeferson and they helped him by finding the route
north-west passage
Across Pacific ocean
The Panama Canal is the shortest route.
The main goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to find an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean. Although Lewis and Clark reached their destination, they did not find an all-water route. However, their route would provide a basis for the Oregon Trail and was nevertheless an achievement.