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Washington State Route 547
State Route 547 (SR 547) is a Washington state highway located in Whatcom County, south of the Canada–US border. The long route runs northwest from in Kendall to in Sumas. The highway was originally created in 1984, but a road extending from Kendall to Sumas has been on maps since 1966 along the Sumas–Glacier route of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Route description State Route 547 begins at a junction with in Kendall, located northwest of Mount Baker. At the intersection, the highway is named Kendall Road and turns north towards the Canada–US border. After passing Kendall Elementary School, the route crosses Kendall Creek to enter Balford. SR 547 turns northwest and passes the former Baker's Edge Golf Course, Peaceful Valley and Columbia before turning west and becoming Reese Hill Road as it traverses the north foothills of Sumas Mountain. The highway turns north to become Hillview Road and later Sumas Road before cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendall, Washington
Kendall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 191 at the 2010 census. History Kendall was founded in 1887 by F.B. Hardmen. It was named for the settler Carthage Kendall. Limestone quarrying featured in the area for at least 75 years. A seam of high-quality stone was in the flank of Sumas Mountain. The limestone was used for riprap, cement, and construction. The Milwaukee Road railroad had a spur from Bellingham to move the blocks. Abandoned tracks crossing the highway near the Pair-o-dice Tavern mark the location of the mine. Geography Kendall is located at (48.919393, -122.137511). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.2 km2), of which, 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (2.35%) is water. Kendall is at the junction of Washington State Route 542 (the Mount Baker Highway) and State Route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendall Elementary School
The Kendall Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 684 students in the town of Kendall and portions of the towns of Carlton, Holley and Murray in Orleans County; and portions of the towns of Clarkson and Hamlin in Monroe County, with over 150 employees and an operating budget of $14 million (~$0 per student).2007 Facts & Figures booklet, Monroe County School Boards AssociatioMCSBA/ref> The average class size is about 55 students and the student-teacher ratio is 16:1 (elementary), 23:1 (middle-high school). The smallest class size in school history was the Physics class during the 2022 school year, with 1 student. Nicolas Picardo is the Superintendent of Schools. He was formerly the athletic director at the Kendall Central School District. Board of education The Board of Education (BOE) consists of 6 members who serve rotating 5-year terms. Elections are held each May for board members to vote on the School District Budg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington State Route 540
Since the 1964 state highway renumbering, which established the current state route system, the Washington State Department of Transportation has decommissioned some state routes. Once a highway has been decommissioned, the highway is turned over to the local county or city that it is in, they are then responsible for all maintenance on the former highway. All former highways are codified in Washington law under the Revised Code of Washington, chapter 47.17, section 420. Other highways during the transition between the 1964 renumbering and codification of the new system in 1970 are not listed here. State Route 30 State Route 30 was created during the 1964 state highway renumbering as a replacement for Primary State Highway 4 (PSH 4), which connected U.S. Route 97 (US 97) in Tonasket to Republic, and two secondary highways that continued east to US 395 near Kettle Falls. The highway traveled across Wauconda Pass in the Okanagan Highlands and Sherman Pass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington State Department Of Transportation
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT or WashDOT, both ) is a governmental agency that constructs, maintains, and regulates the use of transportation infrastructure in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. Established in 1905, it is led by a secretary and overseen by the Governor of Washington, governor. WSDOT is responsible for more than 20,000 lane-miles of roadway, nearly 3,000 vehicular bridges and 524 other structures. This infrastructure includes rail lines, List of state highways in Washington, state highways, Washington State Ferries, state ferries (considered part of the highway system) and List of Washington state-owned airports, state airports. History Department of Highways WSDOT was founded as the Washington State Highway Board and the Washington State Highways Department on March 13, 1905, when then-governor Albert Mead signed a bill that allocated $110,000 to fund new roads that linked the state. The State Highway Board was managed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Baker Ski Area
Mt. Baker Ski Area is a ski resort in the northwest United States, located in Whatcom County, Washington, at the end of State Route 542. The base elevation is at , while the peak of the resort is at . It is about south of the 49th parallel, the international border with Canada. Despite its name, the Mt. Baker Ski Area is actually closer to Mount Shuksan than Mount Baker. The ski area is home to the world's greatest recorded snowfall in one season, , during the 1998–99 season. Mt. Baker also enjoys one of the highest average annual snowfall of any resort in the world, with . The ski area is known for numerous challenging in-bounds routes and for the many backcountry opportunities that surround it. The backcountry is accessible from several chairlifts, and access is permitted from the resort following the Mt. Baker Ski Area backcountry policy. The mountain The lifts at Mt. Baker are not named but referred to by number. All are fixed-grip quads. Chairs 3 and 4 access the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization's work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The USGS is a fact-finding research organization with no regulatory responsibility. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879. The USGS is a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior; it is that department's sole scientific agency. The USGS employs approximately 8,670 people and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The USGS also has major offices near Lakewood, Colorado, at the Denver Federal Center, and Menlo Park, California. The current motto of the USGS, in use since August 1997, is "science for a changing world". The agency's previous slogan, adopted on the occasion of its hundredt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Texas At Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 graduate students and 3,133 teaching faculty as of Fall 2021, it is also the largest institution in the system. It is ranked among the top universities in the world by major college and university rankings, and admission to its programs is considered highly selective. UT Austin is considered one of the United States's Public Ivies. The university is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures totaling $679.8 million for fiscal year 2018. It joined the Association of American Universities in 1929. The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the LBJ Presidential Library and the Blanton Museum of Art, and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the J. J. Pickle Research Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumas River
The Sumas River is a river in the Fraser Lowland and a tributary of the Fraser River river system, system, coursing across the Canada–United States border, international border between the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. Course The Sumas River originates in the Sumas Mountain (American Sumas) in Whatcom County, Washington, with its tributary Stream, creeks draining the mountain's western and northern slopes. These headwaters confluence west of the mountain just north of Lawrence, Washington, Lawrence where the nearby Nooksack River exits the Nooksack Valley, and the resultant river then flows north first past Nooksack, Washington, Nooksack before coursing generally northeast past the town of Sumas (where it picks up Johnson Creek, the first of its only two left tributaries) and crosses the Canada–United States border. The Sumas River then runs further northeast, crosses the Trans- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumas Mountain
Sumas Mountain is a mountain located in Whatcom County, Washington, 15 miles northeast of Bellingham and southwest of Vedder Mountain. Located in the Skagit Range, the mountain is notable for its high biodiversity and year-round hiking trails. It is sometimes referred to as American Sumas to distinguish it from an identically named mountain across the Canada–United States border in British Columbia just to the north, both of which are drained by tributary creeks of the Sumas River. The mountain is largely owned by the Washington Department of Natural Resources, but some parcels are privately held. While the public land is open for recreation, it is managed primarily for timber harvest. Clearcuts are present on many slopes and most all the remaining forest is in varying stages of recovery and regrowth. Washington State Route 547, which traverses a low pass on the mountain's northern flank, runs northwest from the Mount Baker Highway, (SR 542) in Kendall to SR 9 in Sumas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peaceful Valley, Washington
Peaceful Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States, near Kendall. The population was 3,324 at the 2010 census. Geography Peaceful Valley is located at (48.942689, -122.147401). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.0 square miles (44.0 km2), of which, 16.9 square miles (43.9 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (0.29%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,448 people, 787 households, and 571 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 144.5 people per square mile (55.8/km2). There were 1,156 housing units at an average density of 68.3/sq mi (26.3/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.24% White, 0.29% African American, 2.21% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 1.18% from other races, and 3.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.25% of the population. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Baker
Mount Baker (Lummi: '; nok, Kw’eq Smaenit or '), also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is a active glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington in the United States. Mount Baker has the second-most thermally active crater in the Cascade Range after Mount St. Helens. About due east of the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Mount Baker is the youngest volcano in the Mount Baker volcanic field. While volcanism has persisted here for some 1.5 million years, the current volcanic cone is likely no more than 140,000 years old, and possibly no older than 80–90,000 years. Older volcanic edifices have mostly eroded away due to glaciation. After Mount Rainier, Mount Baker has the heaviest glacier cover of the Cascade Range volcanoes; the volume of snow and ice on Mount Baker, is greater than that of all the other Cascades volcanoes (except Rainier) combined. It is also one of the snowiest places in the world; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumas, Washington
Sumas () is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It had a population of 1,307 as of the 2010 census. Sumas is located adjacent to the Canada–U.S. border and borders the city of Abbotsford, British Columbia. The Sumas-Huntingdon port of entry at the north end of State Route 9 operates 24 hours a day. Sumas shares Nooksack Valley School District with the cities of Nooksack and Everson. It is the northernmost settlement on Washington State Route 9. History The area was home to the Nooksack Indians in the millennia prior to the arrival of the first permanent settler Robert Johnson in 1872. It was called "Sumas" meaning "land without trees" or "big flat opening." It is derived from a Cowichan tribe who also resided in the region. Originally called "Sumas City," the town was officially incorporated on June 18, 1891. A post office with that name has been in operation since 1897. The town was a railroad hub and briefly supported the Mount Baker Gold Rush, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
