Colleen McCrory Resigns as Co-Editor

Two years ago, it became clear that we were in danger of losing reliable and adequate ferry service.  At that time, we needed a way to organize, share information, and coordinate whatever actions were needed to protect our community from the devastating effects of losing our life line to the mainland.  My goal in establishing [...]

Whatcom County Actions on Lummi Concerns

Pete Kremen sent in this document with a wealth of detailed information about what Whatcom County has done regarding the ferry, its location at Gooseberry Pt. and Lummi Nation concerns about reservation road safety over many years. Basically, the County Executive took the Lummi Nation’s Chronology of Events and inserted detailed information and comments at [...]

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 [...]

Report on Lummi Ferry History

Note:  Nancy Gale wanted me to post this reminder to read Fred Kinney’s report on ferry history for those of us who may have missed it….. I was out of town when Fred Kinney presented his report on ten years of LI ferry history at one of the PLIC meetings.  I just now got around [...]

County-LIBC interim Memorandum of Agreement

I figured it was time that someone asked the County for a copy of last February’s “Memorandum of Agreement” (MOA) between the Lummi Nation and Whatcom County, the one that stipulates the payment arrangements currently in place. I asked Dan Gibson for a link/copy, via a very short email. Dan replied that the signed version [...]

The Ferry Forum: wholly independent

The Lummi Island Ferry Forum is an independent source of information and discussion of issues related to the Whatcom County (Lummi Island) ferry. Why repeat this fact now, more than 10 months after launching the Ferry Forum as an independent ‘ferry information’ site? Simply, I’ve recently heard (directly) from several islanders that they thought the [...]

Never Enough? Enough is Enough!

Today NWCitizen published an article related to the legal documents supporting a right-of-way all the way across the Lummi Nation’s tidelands to Lummi Island, written by Tip Johnson and why this is not irrelevant to our/Whatcom County’s situation. Here’s a link to the story, Never Enough? Enough is Enough!.  Tip also covers political aspects of [...]

Road right-of-way to Lummi Island

Tip Johnson wrote and submitted this as a comment to Stuart’s April 10th piece on ferry costs and service.  I’m re-posting it here to make it easier for people to find, since comments aren’t searchable.  Wynne Stuart, “Affordable fares and full ferry service” are unlikely under a negotiated lease between the County and the Lummi [...]

Ferry Memories from Earlier Times

My Ferry Story From Ed Scott I used to drive the Lummi Island Ferry.  Not our current modern steel, Whatcom Chief, but it’s predecessor, the Chief Kwina. It was a beautiful vessel. White with black trim, with a small structure in the center, with a restroom, and crew office. There was a ladder on the [...]