Field Notebook: California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, British Columbia 1926, 1927
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CAMPBELL LAKE STRATHCONA NATIONAL PARK VANCOUVER PACIFIC OCEAN FORBES LANDING COURTENAY CAMPBELL RIVER COMOX Buttle's Lake UNION BAY CUMBERLAND Great Central Lake Cameron Lake Sproat Lake ALBERNI PORT ALBERNI 54 M. PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH BRITISH COLUMBIA VANCOUVER CITY TO HOPE → NEW WESTMINSTER FERRY OF LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS DUNCAN SIDNEY BLAINE BELLINGHAM MOUNT VERNON ISLAND Cowichan Lake Shawnigan Lake Sooke Lake JORDAN RIVER SOOKE JU AN DE FUCA STRAIT VICTORIA ANACORTES PORT ANGELES SEQUIM PORT TOWNSEND FERRY PORT LUDLOW EVERETT EDMONDS TO SPOKANE AND EAST SEATTLE TACOMA OLYMPIA TO PORTLAND LOS ANGELES 32.5 M. WHAT TO SEE IN SEATTLE The “Charmed Land of the American Continent” Alki Bathing Beach, West Seattle; Boulevard Drive, including Queen Anne Hill Sky Line Drive and Mt. Baker Park; Chamber of Commerce Exhibits, Arctic Bldg.; Lake Washington Canal Locks, can accommodate ship 780 feet long, next in size to the Panama Canal; L. C. Smith Bldg., 42 stories, tallest in the world west of New York City, Observation Tower open to the public; Mammoth Piers, Pier B, Smith Cove Terminal, is 2580 feet long and 367 feet wide, the largest commercial dock in the world. Public Parks— Volunteer Park, here a remarkable view of Elliott Bay, Lake Union and Lake Washington is obtained from the Observation Tower. Woodland Park, zoological gardens and athletic grounds. Public Markets, foot of Pike St. Travelers pronounce these as America's finest markets. Totem Pole, Pioneer Place, First and Yesler, landmark. University of Washington Campus, spacious buildings with landscape gardening, forestry building, and Stadium seating 30,000. Mt. Rainier, Mt. Rainier National Park, is nature's greatest monument on the American continent, towering 14,408 feet from sea level to the clouds, eternal snow banks and gigantic glaciers, wonders surpassing the Alps, 365 varieties of wild flowers are found in the Park. Trip can be made in one but a longer stay is recommended. STATE OF WASHINGTON