Talk:Whatcom Trail

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Pfly in topic Naming?

Naming?

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As far as I've seen, "Whatcom" was the Lummi word meaning "noisy waters" that was used for Whatcom Creek, now in Bellingham. Is there a source that says there was a Nooksack chief named Whatcom? Murderbike 21:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

It was in a BC ref, have to think which one.Skookum1 (talk) 22:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
  • Lummi or Nooksack, "noisy water" is given in all the other Whatcom-related articles I've seen around here. —Tamfang (talk) 06:05, 18 December 2016 (UTC)Reply
William Bright says it means 'noisy', referring to a waterfall. I'll edit the article with this source. Pfly (talk) 03:14, 19 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

resource, and map may needchanging

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Foundthis and by the reading of it, unless the gold rush-era trail is different my map is wrong; I'd thought they came up through the Columbia Valley/Cultus Lake, but appasrently not....Skookum1 (talk) 22:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Er, Murderbike - you're in Whatcom or Skagit Counties, right? Could you stop by the Whatcom/Bellingham Museum and see what you can find out? Also about the Skagit Trail....that one's route is obvious enough, I'm curious about its rate of usage/conditions.Skookum1 (talk) 22:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

New ref

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Just to note that the content of the new ref cnotains corrections to current article material htat should make their oway into the text; I don't have time but suffice to say some of my earlier conributions were overblow and off the top of my hat; Howay & Scholefield and another book, The Thompson Country by Mark Sweeten Wade, have more specifics that I did not have previously. This is pretty much Washington history and also Bellingham's (the trail got its name from B'ham's old name Whatcom, Washington Territory, and was a dud in terms of its usability.Skookum1 (talk) 16:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply