Complete, Final, Signed Gooseberry Pt. Lease Documents

Nancy Ging has uploaded copies of the 3 final documents that constitute the “35  lease of Gooseberry Pt tidelands & uplands by Whatcom County from Lummi Nation” onto the Whatcom County Ferry Documents Archive site. 

April Squol Quol: Negotiations, Dinner, Safety

Three articles in the April 2011 Squol Quol (Lummi newspaper) report views and opinions related to the ferry negotiations, the March 28 dinner hosted by the Lummi tribe for Lummi Islanders, and road safety issues.  The first story is on page 1, the second is a section of LIBC Chairman Cliff Cultee’s monthly report (p.3), [...]

2007-2010: 20% Drop in Ferry Traffic

Factual data, plus interpretation and implications, by Wynne Lee We have all heard the many claims from the Lummi Nation that “speeding ferry traffic” is a very serious threat to road safety on Haxton Drive.  No other traffic sources are ever mentioned in their discussions or press releases concerning the need for road safety improvements [...]

Lummi Nation News Article on Ferry

Tip Johnson forwarded this excerpt from the Lummi Nation’s newspaper, Squol Quol, about the ferry negotiations, history and their safety concerns. Ferry article from march issue of the Squol Quol

Lummi Dinner/Discussion Invitation to Islanders

Yesterday the Lummi Nation invited all islanders to a community-to-community dinner/discussion on March 29, via Brown Betty Service.—- —– email —- Below is a community dinner invitation from the Lummi Nation to all Lummi Island residents. Also see the attached flyer. Paul Davis, Editor; Paul Revere, Horse Rider; and Brown Betty, Horse The Tome of [...]

Amazing Searchable All-Ferry Document Database is live!

Really great news! Nancy Ging’s new simple, easy to use and very searchable database for all ferry documents is now online. You can try it by going to http://lummiislanders.com/ferrydocs/ Please read the instructions on the main page, then try out a search. Right now only a few documents are on the database (inputting everything will [...]

LIBC urges members to petition Larson

News: A memo from Cliff Cultee , current president of the Lummi Indian Business Council, was just posted on Facebook.  Even the downloaded image quality is poor but from what I can tell, the LIBC Chairmain is encouraging members of the Lummi Nation to petition Rick Larson — especially to consider the long-alleged  road safety [...]

When the County doesn’t listen – for decades

Update 2011-03-20   Whatcom County Actions on Lummi Concerns and County Traffic Safety Improvements includes information  about what the County has done re: ferry and traffic concerns over the years. New: Whatcom County documents (one dated 1982, the other 1992) revealing the Lummi Nation’s view of the ferry dock at Gooseberry Point.  This adds to the [...]

Lummi Nation take on ferry chronology

Thanks to Jared for posting the Lummi Nation’s recent “Chronology of Lummi Island Ferry” and other recent documents and stories on the Bellingham Herald.  (Click here for links to 2 more Whatcom County documents from 1982 and 1982 re: Gooseberry Pt) Now what’s needed is for some enterprising person (we can’t rely on anyone in [...]