Camp Dubois
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Camp Dubois was the winter encampment and staging area near the Mississippi River where the Lewis and Clark Expedition prepared for and began its historic exploration of the American West.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Camp Dubois canonical | 1 |
| Camp Wood | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5341225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camp Dubois Context triple: [Lewis and Clark Expedition, startPlace, Camp Dubois]
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A.
Camp Kearny
Camp Kearny was a former U.S. military installation in San Diego that evolved through various Army and Marine Corps uses before becoming part of what is now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
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B.
Camp Muir
Camp Muir is a high-altitude climbers’ base camp on the slopes of Mount Rainier, commonly used as the primary staging point for summit attempts.
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C.
Camp Speicher
Camp Speicher is a major Iraqi military air base near Tikrit that gained international attention as the site of a 2014 mass killing by ISIS.
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D.
Camp Blanding
Camp Blanding is a major Florida Army National Guard training base near Starke, Florida, historically used as a World War II infantry replacement and training center.
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E.
Camp Schwab
Camp Schwab is a major United States Marine Corps base located in northern Okinawa, Japan, known for its training facilities and role in the U.S.–Japan security alliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camp Dubois Target entity description: Camp Dubois was the winter encampment and staging area near the Mississippi River where the Lewis and Clark Expedition prepared for and began its historic exploration of the American West.
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A.
Camp Kearny
Camp Kearny was a former U.S. military installation in San Diego that evolved through various Army and Marine Corps uses before becoming part of what is now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
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B.
Camp Muir
Camp Muir is a high-altitude climbers’ base camp on the slopes of Mount Rainier, commonly used as the primary staging point for summit attempts.
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C.
Camp Speicher
Camp Speicher is a major Iraqi military air base near Tikrit that gained international attention as the site of a 2014 mass killing by ISIS.
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D.
Camp Blanding
Camp Blanding is a major Florida Army National Guard training base near Starke, Florida, historically used as a World War II infantry replacement and training center.
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E.
Camp Schwab
Camp Schwab is a major United States Marine Corps base located in northern Okinawa, Japan, known for its training facilities and role in the U.S.–Japan security alliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lewis and Clark Expedition site
ⓘ
historical site ⓘ military encampment ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Camp River Dubois
ⓘ
Camp Wood ⓘ
linked to:
Camp Dubois
|
| associatedWith |
Corps of Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Meriwether Lewis
ⓘ
William Clark ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endTime | 1804 ⓘ |
| expeditionDepartedOn | May 14, 1804 ⓘ |
| function |
recruitment center for expedition members
ⓘ
supply depot ⓘ training site for Corps of Discovery ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Lewis and Clark State Historic Site Interpretive Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
|
| hasHistoricalSignificance | starting point of overland phase of Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ |
| hasReconstruction | replica fort and camp structures ⓘ |
| hasRole |
staging area
ⓘ
training camp ⓘ winter encampment ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalUse | winter encampment 1803–1804 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | reconstructed historic site ⓘ |
| inception | December 1803 ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | near Hartford, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
Missouri River ⓘ confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Dubois ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Illinois Department of Natural Resources ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
ⓘ
early United States western exploration history ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
departure of Lewis and Clark Expedition
ⓘ
preparation for Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ |
| startTime | 1803 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Louisiana Purchase era
ⓘ
linked to:
Louisiana Purchase
|
| topicOf | Lewis and Clark historical studies ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Lewis and Clark Expedition
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| usedFor |
disciplining and organizing the Corps of Discovery
ⓘ
mapping and planning the expedition route ⓘ testing equipment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Camp Dubois Description of subject: Camp Dubois was the winter encampment and staging area near the Mississippi River where the Lewis and Clark Expedition prepared for and began its historic exploration of the American West.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Camp Dubois