Located in the "Little Hoquiam" area of Mason Lake, this cache will get you out on the water, and will make you get wet. The cache it self is NOT one of the nearby floating bouys marking people's docks. It is away from these types of buoys. Once you fine it, it's not the bouy, but the Nalgean bottle hanging next to the bouy. . Squeeze the metal clip ( see the photo) to release the bottle. The depth on average here is about 10ft.
In April of 1941 the property known as "Little Hoquiam" on Mason Lake Washington was acquired by 5 Hoquiam businessmen, who paid $3000 when the land became aviable from Probate Court in Olympia WA. One of the men dropped out, and the remaining 4 had the land surveyed and devided into 46 waterfront lots.
Cost of the lots varied from $155.00 to $270.00, based on the amount of water front footage (that's right, per lot, not per foot)!
Most of the lots were purchased by family's from Hoquiam, when news spread of their availability by word of mouth.
The first cabin went up in the summer of 1942, and for years after the sounds of hammers and saws could be heard from morning till dark as other cabins were built. Work stopped at sundown as it, as it would be many years before electricity was available.
In 1943, the tax's for one of the family's with 3 lots was the outrageous amount of $11.73, with a rebate of $0.35 if paid by March 15.
In a story written in the Mason County Journal in October 2000, the author called it the local land purchase of the century.