Location:  Blue Canyon Road, south end of Lake Whatcom
Size:  ½ acre
Public Access:  Yes
Easement granted:  April 1990
Easement type:  Conservation
Grantees:  Whatcom Land Trust

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    This parcel is small, but significant, since it has approximately 200 linear feet of shoreline along Lake Whatcom and provides public access to undeveloped habitat on the lakeshore.  Also, it is adjacent to a network of Whatcom County parks and trails on the east shore of the lake.

    A gift to the county by the Brown Family, the property is located on an alluvial fan on the southeast shore of Lake Whatcom, 330 feet above sea level.  Vegetation includes red alder and a few very large Douglas fir.  The understory includes native plants as well as  invasive species such as English ivy, holly, and Himalayan blackberries.  The lake itself is home to Kokanne salmon, cutthroast trout, longnose sucker, peamouth chub, sculpin and three-spine stickleback.  A variety of birds inhabit the area.