Whatcom trail: Built in 1857 on an ancient indian trail

[Zym]

This might be a good hunt.

"The most important crossing was farther north on the spirited Nooksack River (south of present-day Everson). Less than a half mile away was an important Nooksack village."

"Nekiyéy, a settlement at Ten Mile Creek (near the present-day Meridian Middle School, south of Lynden on Ten Mile Road) was such a place, where the trail wandered through beaver ponds and heavy forests and crossed the creek... In 1827 the Hudson’s Bay Company built a trading fort at Langley on the Fraser River, opening up new opportunities for trade in the Coast Salish communities. The HBC may have set up a station at Nekiyéy for trade in beaver pelts."

The article says it was used for a lot of settler commerce, and was traveled heavily after a gold rush on the Frasier River.

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7112

In Google earth you can still see the remains of the trail. If we can find the remains of the old indian camp settlements it could get interesting. Anyone interested in trying to plan a hunt sometime in the future?

 

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[airborne1092]

Sounds intriguing!

I would be interested, however, I've been reassigned to Europe in March 2009 :/

If you do go, post pics!

 

[rustyfind]

I am in Olympia and would be interested in a future hunt. My buddy of 50 years would be interested as well.

 

[49er]

Willing to drive over the mountain for a hunt. Let me know when so I can make necessary arrangements.

 

[Paul in WA]

I would be interested.

Paul

 

[midnightcaller]

Ok, you can add my name to the hat

 

[NWHunter61]

Sounds like a wild goose chase. I love a good goose hunt. Please put me on the list~

 

[Zym]

Sounds like a wild goose chase. I love a good goose hunt. Please put me on the list~

My thoughts exactly.

Well, were in the rainy season now, and it going to be getting cold that far north really fast, so this might be a better hunt for the spring/summer. I've only scratched the surface on the research, so hopefully between now and then we can nail down a specific area we want to hunt.

 

[juju]

I will be back from Georgia in the spring. If I get back in time I would be more than interested.

JuJu

 

[Detectingfreak]

I would also love to come! I usually hunt with JuJu, so when he gets back from his trip we can set up a time and have a big hunt!

Let me know when it is, so then me and him can set a weekend aside.

 

[uncoolperson]

is this still a possibility? I'm around there and would love to learn how all this works


equipped with dull mind and an el cheapo detector from christmas.... maybe if this hobby is for me I'll upgrade.

 

[uncoolperson]

I'll try again, I'm local and if someone wants to do this that knows what they're doing (I don't) I'd like to join in.

 

[SalmonKing]

Did this hunt ever go down guys?

 

[Eris]

I would be game to go on a hunt like that. Maybe set up another go at Whatcom trail.

 

[BH505Man]

This might be a good hunt.

"The most important crossing was farther north on the spirited Nooksack River (south of present-day Everson). Less than a half mile away was an important Nooksack village."

"Nekiyéy, a settlement at Ten Mile Creek (near the present-day Meridian Middle School, south of Lynden on Ten Mile Road) was such a place, where the trail wandered through beaver ponds and heavy forests and crossed the creek... In 1827 the Hudson’s Bay Company built a trading fort at Langley on the Fraser River, opening up new opportunities for trade in the Coast Salish communities. The HBC may have set up a station at Nekiyéy for trade in beaver pelts."

The article says it was used for a lot of settler commerce, and was traveled heavily after a gold rush on the Frasier River.

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7112

In Google earth you can still see the remains of the trail. If we can find the remains of the old indian camp settlements it could get interesting. Anyone interested in trying to plan a hunt sometime in the future?

If this hunt hasn't happened yet, If you still want to do it, I would be game. Just let me know ahead of time and we can maybe hookup and check it out.