Millersylvania State Park

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Millersylvania State Park
Millersylvania State Park (6129600412) .jpg
location Thurston County in Washington (USA)
surface 3.41 km 2
Geographical location 46 ° 55 '  N , 122 ° 55'  W Coordinates: 46 ° 54 '45 "  N , 122 ° 54' 39"  W
Millersylvania State Park (Washington)
Millersylvania State Park
Setup date 1921
administration Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
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Millersylvania State Park is a state park and recreation area 10 mi (16 km) south of Olympia, Washington . The state park comprises 842 acres (341 hectares) of forest with mature stands of pine trees and 3,300 ft (1 km) of shoreline on Deep Lake . It is administered by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission .

history

The area originally belonged to Squire Lathum and was sold to John Miller after 1855. The family called it Miller's Glade and later Millersylvania . In 1921 they donated the property to the state for permanent use as a park. In 1935 the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed various buildings. Remnants of the timber industry, such as the remains of a narrow-gauge railway , the tracks of old lumberjack roads and even some tree stumps with the scars of the "springboards" (standing boards of the lumberjacks) can still be discovered today.

Freetime activities

Hiking, biking, boating, fishing, and swimming are available in the park. Several camping possibilities and a "lodge" offer overnight accommodation. A fitness trail was also laid out in the north of the park .

geography

The state park is located in the hill country south of Olympia. While the Deschutes River , which runs a little further east, drains north into Puget Sound , Spruce Creek flows west from Deep Lake and drains over Blooms Ditch , Black River, and Chehalis River into Grays Harbor .

Deep Lake

The Deep Lake was surveyed by the State Department of Game in 1947 . The greatest depth at that time was 17 ft (5.2 m). The lake extends over 66.2 acres (26.8 hectares) and has a volume of 951,000 m³ (771 acre.ft). Deep Lake is located at Section 3, Township 16N, Range 2W, Willamette.

The name goes back to the first settlers who used the name in a land survey in 1855. In the late 19th century, the name CoKaine Lake appeared. It may be an Indian name. At times the name Drake Lake was also used as long as the Lyman Darrow Drake family lived on the southern shore of the lake (since 1872). This name still appears in various US Geological Survey and Metsker Maps in the 1920s , although the Drakes had already sold their property in 1908.

There is evidence in the Miller family's diaries that Millersylvania was once home to a type of freshwater crab that became extinct due to overfishing.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Page of the Washington State Parks Commission.
  2. ↑ a b c Millersylvania State Park . Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. ^ US Geological Survey. The National Map
  4. ^ Ernest E. Wolcott: Lakes of Washington, Volume 1, Western Washington . Washington Department of Ecology. 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  5. ^ Thurston County Place Names - A Heritage Guide, Thurston County Historical Commission, Nov. 1992
  6. ↑ Field notes of land surveys in Washington, Volume 3, Page 53
  7. ^ Warranty Deed from Travis to Heustis, July 13, 1873, Thurston County, WT, V.10, p.216. Washington State Archives, SW Regional Branch

Web links

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