Bryant
This 52-mile trip features lakes and Skagit Valley communities that began as farming and sawmill towns, including Clearlake, Montborne, McMurray, Bryant, and the biggest, Arlington.
Like what you see? Want to share it?
Clicking a crosshair will take you to that location on the map.
Start or the end of a tour leg.
Waypoint or town along the tour leg with more information.
Key waypoints and Main Street communities along the tour leg. Sites you do not want to miss!
Point of interest along the tour leg.
Formerly an important sawmill town on the west side of Clear Lake and south of Sedro-Woolley, it faded when the Clear Lake Lumber Company mill burned in May of 1918. Although the loss did not prevent the replacement of the mill it eventually was closed when the local timber was cut. The name is reasonably descriptive, now that it is no longer used for extensive storage of saw logs. An...
Learn more about ClearlakeMile: 53
East of Mount Vernon in southwestern Skagit County, this lake was once shown on territorial survey maps as Delacy’s Lake. W. W. Delacy was an official of the Territory of Washington around the time of the Indian War of 1855–56. Territorial Surveyor General James Tilton chose to name a number of lakes in Western Washington for his military associates. Most of these names did not become permanent.
Learn more about Big LakeMile: 47
A small community on the east side of Big Lake south of Sedro Woolley in southwest Skagit County. It was named for Dr. H. P. Montborne, who arrived in 1884. The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway used the name for their station when it was built in 1890. Hyacinthe P. Montborne was post master in 1891.
Learn more about MontborneMile: 45
A scattered community of small farms and homes on the west shore of Lake McMurray southeast of Mount Vernon in southwest Skagit County. It was once an important lumber and shingle manufacturing town. The railroad station was named by the Northern Pacific Railway for Dr. McMurray, a physician who homesteaded the site of the town.
Learn more about McMurrayMile: 40
A small community north of Arlington in northwest Snohomish County. Once a sawmill town, it was named for John H. Bryant, who was a vice president and director of Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad which was later purchased by the Northern Pacific Railway.
Learn more about BryantMile: 33
