In their voyage across the Louisiana Territory, Lewis and Clark were in search of the Northwest Passage.

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In their voyage across the Louisiana Territory, Lewis and Clark were in search of the Northwest Passage​.

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Lewis and Clark's expedition, commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson after the Louisiana Purchase, aimed to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, which included the search for a direct and practicable water communication across this territory to the Pacific Ocean, often referred to as the Northwest Passage.

In Their Voyage Across the Louisiana Territory, Lewis and Clark