Medical Lake Access Trail - Medical Lake, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 34.672 W 117° 41.542
11T E 447932 N 5269615
This sign, at the edge of Medical Lake, gives a bit of the history of the lake and the town. The sign is off the south side of Fourth Street, at the north west corner of the lake.
Waymark Code: WMJYGB
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member monkeys4ever
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One aspect of the golden age of tourism overlooked by the sign is why it became a local tourist mecca 120 years ago. The why is that the lake, with no outlet, had become highly mineralized. The mineral water led people of the 19th century to believe that it had curative powers. The lake was commercially dredged for its minerals, eventually depleting them and when it eventually became evident that the lake's curative powers were gone, if they ever existed, Medical Lake's tourist industry experienced somewhat of a crash.

MEDICAL LAKE ACCESS TRAIL

MEDICAL LAKE HAS BEEN A POPULAR RECREATION ATTRACTION SINCE THE LATE 1800S. AN ELECTRIC RAIL ROAD BROUGHT MANY VISITORS FROM SPOKANE TO CRUISE THE LAKE ON STEAM POWERED PADDLE WHEEL BOATS AND ENJOY THE RESORTS AND SPAS. CONEY ISLAND BOATHOUSE AND DANCE PAVILLION WAS LOCATED AT THE END OF LAKE STREET WHERE CONEY ISLAND PARK IS TODAY STANLEY PARK WAS LOCATED AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE AND CAMP COMFORT AT THE NORTH END OF THE LAKE.

FUNDING FOR THE TRAIL WAS PROVIDED BY THE DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AQUATIC LANDS ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT
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Group that erected the marker: Department of Natural Resources

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
4th Street at Maple Street
Medical Lake, WA USA
99022
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