Location of the
“Lake Whatcom Logging Company” in 1900
By 1900, logging was finished at Camp
#1 at South Bay, so the loggers moved to 
Camp 2.
Camp 2 was located two and a half miles
south of the lake, towards Alger. It was about 20 miles away from New Whatcom.
The property was known as the Hawley-Alger Timber Claim. It consisted of ten
thousand acres of the best timber found anywhere.
A short 
logging railroad was
built that connected Camp 2 with Park, a small community at the head of
the lake.
The logging railroad carried logs from
Camp 2 to Park, where the logging company used the head of the lake as a log
dump.
Map was created by Janet Oakley of the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, and
Jan Frank, Library Media Specialist
Historical photos courtesy of Galen Biery
Historical Collection. Permission to publish these photos on this website was
granted by the Whatcom Museum of
History and Art. (exits project
site)