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Identifier: wwu:27423
Title: South Bay School, Lake Whatcom - Exterior of small, abandoned building surrounded by overgrown brush, saplings
Date: 1971-03-12
Description: Back caption: "South Bay School - Mar. 12/71 - Built in 1892 - Lake Whatcom, Wash." See also GB2216, GB2217, GB2218. The building is a one-room schoolhouse with no glass in the windows, no door, and the structure is leaning.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2214

Identifier: wwu:28829
Title: Schooner Marguerite
Date: 1900-1910
Description: According to Biery's "Looking Back" (p. 154) this is the Marguerite, a 65 foot schooner brought to Bellingham by Captain Hector Gawley. He ran excursions to San Juan Island, then he moved the ship to Lake Whatcom where freight and up to 150 passengers were taken to logging camps and the Blue Canyon Mine. In this photo seven passengers are visible on the upper deck. On February 12, 1907, the ship ran on the rocks at Langtry Point in fog and sank by her stern. Her passengers were rescued.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb3639

Identifier: wwu:27991
Title: Thirteen miners pose at entrance of Blue Canyon Coal , Mine, south Lake Whatcom, WA
Date: 1896-03-19
Description: The sign above the entrance reads: "No Admittance. All persons not employees are forbidden to enter the mine. Except upon written permit from the general office and with a guide. Blue Canyon Coal Mining Co." Blue Canyon Coal Mine was established in 1890 by James Wardner and JH. Bloedel; it was located at the south end of Lake Whatcom. Barges carried the coal to Silver Beach and it then went by wagon to bunkers on Bellingham BAy. The mine was abandoned in 1920.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2774

Identifier: wwu:27938
Title: Steamer tug "Ella" on Lake Whatcom with well-dressed man sitting in bow facing camera
Date: 1900-1910
Description: The Ella towed barges filled with coal from the Blue Canyon Mine to Silver Beach on Lake Whatcom, WA. She was named for Ella Downs; M.E. Downs was superintendent of the Blue Canyon Mine. The Ella later became the Prentice named for Prentice Bloedel.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2675

Identifier: wwu:28252
Title: Steamer Marguerite at Hildebrand's, Lake Whatcom, Washington
Date: 1900-1910
Description: Caption on reverse in pencil: "Marguerite at Hildebrand's, Lake Whatcom, Wash." The steamer Marguerite was built in Olympia, WA in 1898 for F.G. Deming. It sank February 12, 1907 at Lantry Point. See also photos 1659, 1661.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2940

Identifier: wwu:28556
Title: View looking West from North Shore Drive toward Silver Beach, Lake Whatcom
Date: 1880-1960
Description: Caption on reverse in pencil: "Looking west from North Shore Dr. toward Silver Beach - School upper center right" and "Silver Beach ? Lake Whatcom" Lake Whatcom in the foreground looking across to houses, docks, stores and school at Silver Beach. An elegant multistory gabled house faces the water on the right side of the picture. The school is part way up the hill (Alabama?) - no other buildings are above it. The hill is covered with denuded trees (spars?) left standing after their branches were cut off. The shoreline in the foreground is littered with wood.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb3352

Identifier: wwu:26574
Title: Blue Canyon Mine school?
Date: 1896
Description: Back caption: "Blue Canyon Mine School. 1896." Eleven men, two women, and one boy are posed on the steps of a building clad in veritical boards - this building does not resemble the Blue Canyon mine school seen in GB1662
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb1665

Identifier: wwu:27370
Title: Back view of Craftsman clapboard building used as Geneva Community Hall, Lake Whatcom
Date: 1880-1960
Description: Back caption: "Geneva Community Hall, formerly old Geneva School, Lake Whatcom, Wash." See also GB1867.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2240

Identifier: wwu:27410
Title: Leaning gravestone of Lauris Larson in overgrown cemetery
Date: 1880-1960
Description: Back caption: "Buchanan Cemetery, near lake Whatcom." Lauris Larson, child of Ole and Julia Larson, born January 3, 1891, died August 8, 1891, according to Whatcom Cemetery records. See also photo GB2215.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2239

Identifier: wwu:28676
Title: The 'Geneva' - First Steamboat on Lake Whatcom - 1888
Date: 1888
Description: Caption on front in pencil: "The 'Geneva' - First Steamboat on Lake Whatcom - 1888" Three men and a woman stand in the bow; two men are in the stern, one standing and one seated. One is probably capt. George Jenkins who owned and operated the 40 foot passenger launch. The boat is alongside the dock where two women and four children are standing. To the right of the Geneva, a man sits in a dugout canoe.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb3551

Identifier: wwu:27442
Title: South Bay School, Lake Whatcom - Front and side exterior of small, abandoned building surrounded by overgrown brush, saplings
Date: 1971-03-12
Description: Caption on reverse in ink: " South Bay School, Mar. 12, 1971 - Built in 1892 (Over 78 years old) - Dist. #52, Organized Jan. 3, 1891. First teacher in District: Clara Belle Foster; First teacher, this school: Chas. E. Kagay." The building is a one-room schoolhouse with no glass in the windows, no door, and the structure is leaning. See also GB2214, GB2216, GB2217.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2218

Identifier: wwu:28405
Title: View of Lake Whatcom, WA. from out on lake.
Date: 1900-1940
Description: Two men in a motorboat with an inboard-style engine with the name "NAHUA 1" painted on transom and a flag with the number "5" on bow of boat. There is a large, two-story house with a U.S. flag flying from a mast on top of the house on the lake shore in background behind the boat. In the distance, the far shoreline is also visible. Written on photograph is "Lake Whatcom" below the boat and "Engberg Photo" in the lower-right corner. People visible on shore watching; possibly part of a boat race event.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb3120

Identifier: wwu:26760
Title: Community Hall, formerly Geneva School near Lake Whatcom
Date: 1880-1960
Description: Back caption: "Community Hall, formerly Geneva School near Lake Whatcom." See also GB2240. View from below of side and rear of craftsman-style building.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb1867

Identifier: wwu:27384
Title: South Bay School, Lake Whatcom - Exterior of small, abandoned building surrounded by overgrown brush, saplings
Date: 1971-03-12
Description: Back caption: "South Bay School - Mar. 12, 1971 - Built in 1892 - Lake Whatcom, Wash." The building is a one-room schoolhouse with no glass in the windows, no door, and the structure is leaning. See also GB2214, GB2217, GB2218.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2216

Identifier: wwu:28840
Title: Schooner Marguerite
Date: 1900-1910
Description: Identical to photo gb3639 but clearer and tinted differently. Marguerite, the 65 foot schooner, used to ferry passengers and freight on Lake Whatcom. Seven passengers are visible on the top deck. The ship ran on the rocks at Langtry Point and sank on February 12, 1907.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb3640

Identifier: wwu:27357
Title: South Bay School, Lake Whatcom - Front and side exterior of small, abandoned building surrounded by overgrown brush, saplings
Date: 1971-03-12
Description: Caption on reverse in ink: " South Bay School, Mar. 12, 1971 - Built in 1892 (Over 78 years old) - Dist. #52, Organized Jan. 3, 1891. First teacher in District: Clara Belle Foster; First teacher, this school: Chas. E. Kagay." The building is a one-room schoolhouse with no glass in the windows, no door, and the structure is leaning. See also GB2214, GB2216, GB2218.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2217

Identifier: wwu:26278
Title: Blue Canyon townsite
Date: 1880-1900
Description: Front caption: "Blue Canyon Townsite. Amsden Clerk & Co. Photo. Fairhaven." Back caption: "Blue Canyon on Lake Whatcom. Coal Mine. From Elinor Martin." Several cabins and fallen trees on forested hillside next to lake.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb1322

Identifier: wwu:27409
Title: Poem printed on paper, titled "The Regie of Blue Canyon," by Constance Bennett Fouty
Date: 1890-1900
Description: A time card for the Steamer Regie accompanies the poem. The Regie ran on Lake Whatcom, Wa, connecting with a stage (probably horse and wagon) to Wickersham. Regie, with a repution as a smuggler on the Sound, was sold to Yorkston and Johnson in 1895 and operated on Lake Whatcom until 1900 when it was traded for a lumber mill owned by Brannian. It burned in 1903.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2246

Identifier: wwu:27365
Title: Grave marker of Ole Larson in overgrown cemetery
Date: 1880-1960
Description: Back caption: "Buchanan Cemetery near Lake Whatcom, Wash." According to Whatcom Cemetery records, the Buchanan Cemetery is north of the fire hall at Agate Bay. Original cemetery was 40 acres set aside by Joseph Buchanan a homesteader, as a private family cemetery, but later was opened to any settler. Between 25-50 people were buried there; the last burial was Joseph Buchanan in 1917. By 1974 the cemetery was reduced to 100 feet by 100 feet. Sometimes referred to as Woodlawn Cemetery since Woodlawn was original name of Agate Bay region. (Not to be confused with Woodlawn Cemetery in Ferndale, WA)See also photo GB2239.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2215

Identifier: wwu:27884
Title: Steamer ferry in calm waters with several people on top deck, forested hills in background
Date: 1910-1920
Description: This is probably the Marguerite, a 65-foot schooner brought to Bellingham by Captain Hector Gawley who moved it to Lake Whatcom in 1906. After being injured in a machinery accident on board, he sold the ship to Captain Lee Pittman in 1907 who operated it until the 1920's. The Marguerite made three daily round trips between Silver Beach and Park on Lake Whatcom.
Digital Collection: Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Related Collection: Galen Biery papers and photographs
Local Identifier: gb2672

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