August 7, 2012
Cama Beach in the 1930s, courtesy Stanwood Area Historical Society
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Seattle’s Center for Wooden Boats Researches Washington State’s Vanished Waterfront Resorts
Documenting Washington waterfront resorts and boathouses from the 1890s to 1970, and their disappearance
The Center for Wooden boats has won a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to gather information about the resorts and better understand their disappearance. Camano Island, WA [July 31, 2012] Hundreds of beach resorts once dotted Washington State waters – but they have all disappeared.