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After doing the "Obligatory Cache" north of here I felt the urge for another one. I discussed some issues with a local cacher and decided this is as far south that you can get on Camano Island. The area just south of the cache area has been for sale for quite a few years but no one wants a house on a 300ft cliff. The land south of here at sea level is Native Land and off limits.
The Story of Camano Head
When the daylight low tides returned each spring, the people would travel to the clam beds to gather the rich bounty uncovered with each cycle. Camano Head, at the south end of Camano Island and in sight of Tulalip Bay was a favorite, and very productive, clamming site. Before 1840 this beach was overhung with a massive outcrop of soil and rock. The area underneath had been undercut by wind and waves. One unfortunate spring day this land gave way as over 100 people, mostly women and children, were gathering clams below. Not only were these people lost, but many more perished in the wave that hit nearby Hat Island. View of Hat Island In 1994 the Tulalip Tribes purchased the Camano Head tidelands. Today this culturally important area is the site of tribal ceremonial and subsistence digs. Tulalip children are able to dig clams in the same place their ancestors did for thousands of years. The Tulalip Tribes shellfish program manages healthy populations of littlenecks, butter clams, horse clams, and cockles at this site.
You will have to park north of the cache area and walk south. Please park responsibly: Not in someone's driveway or in the middle of the road.
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A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M ------------------------- N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below, and vice versa)
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