Humptulips
This 32 mile side trip follows the West Fork of the Hoquiam River passing through small logging communities.
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Once a logging center and is now an area of small ranches on the Humptulips River north of Aberdeen. The name is from the Quinault word Ho-to-la-bixh, meaning "hard to pole." The phrase relates to the Humptulips River, on which Native Americans used to propel their canoes with poles. By the 1940s, the town was the center of a small farming community, a few unpainted frame buildings stood on a...
Learn more about HumptulipsMile: 109
Polson Creek rises northwest of Hoquiam in southwest Grays Harbor County and flows east to the West Fork of the Hoquiam River north of Hoquiam. The name is for Alex and Robert Polson who came from Nova Scotia in the early 1900s, forming Polson Brothers Logging Company. They cut timber along this creek with ox teams and built a number of splash dams to float logs to their saw mills.
Learn more about Polson CreekMile: 92
