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Name
In
1792 an English lieutenant by the name of Joseph Baker sighted the
mountain from the deck of Captain George Vancouver’s sloop Discovery
in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Captain Vancouver named the mountain in Lt.
Baker’s honor.
Movies
filmed at Mt Baker
The
Call of the Wild (1935)
Also filmed along the banks of the North Fork Nooksack River. Starring
Clark Gable and Loretta Young.
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Featured Places and
Web Sites
Mt Baker
Details of area attractions. (Part of the Lynden Tribune web site.)
Mt-Baker.Com
Offers information and services about the Mt. Baker area.
Mount
Baker Experience. 225
Marine Drive, Blaine, WA 98230. Phone: (Business/Editorial Office):
360-332-1777; Fax: 360-332-2777. E-mail
Mount
Baker, Washington
Index page for Mount Baker, on the official web site of the USGS, Cascades Volcano
Observatory, Vancouver, Washington. Has many related links, graphics, maps, images
and other items of interest.
National
Forest
Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
This US Department of Agriculture's page on the Forest includes information on recreation,
weather and wilderness areas in the Washington
Cascades. The
northwestern tip of the vast Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is
comprised of Mt
Baker Wilderness, and the Mt
Baker National Recreation Area.
Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Description and transportation. (On GORP.)
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie
National Forest - An Overview
This site was created as a project for a Washington History class at Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington to
inform people about the Mt. Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest.
Ski
Area
A world record in
snowfall was measured at Mt. Baker Ski Area in the winter of 1998-99.
Mount Baker Ski
Conditions
Mt. Baker Ski Area
Mt. Baker Ski Area sits at the edge of the wilderness in the heart of the North Cascade
Mountains, located 56 miles east of Bellingham on State Hwy 542. It has become one
of Washington's premier ski resorts. According to a Powder Magazine study, Mt. Baker Ski
Area receives the highest amount of average snowfall of any ski area in North America,
with more than 615 inches falling each year.
Scenic
Highway The upper 24 miles of Mount Baker
Highway, (WA 542), from the town of Glacier to Artist Point (elev. 5.140 feet),
was designated a National Forest Scenic Byway in 1989. This section of
the highway winds along the North Fork Nooksack River, and at road's end,
trail systems lead into the Mt. Baker Wilderness.
The entire highway, from its
juncture with I-5 in Bellingham
to Artist Point, has been designated a Washington State Scenic and
Recreation Highway.
Mount Baker
Highway
Where to find a stand of old growth Douglas firs. (Part of the Old
Growth web site.)
North
Fork of the Nooksack River
Click on the map to go to any of the highlights or side-trips of this Mount
Baker Highway tour. (Part of the NPS Park Geology web site.)
Scenic
Byway - Mount Baker Highway
Details on byway attractions. (On the Bellingham/Whatcom County
Convention and Visitors Bureau web site.)
Wilderness
Area
Mount
Baker Wilderness
Description and photo. (On the Wilderness.net web site.)
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