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Cama Beach: A Guide and a History: How a Unique State Park Was Created from a Family Fishing Resort and a Native American Camping
Used for millenia as a Native American camping site, Cama Beach Resort later attracted hundreds of families each summer to fish, swim, hike, play games, and gather around a fire for evening conversation.
This book depicts the fascinating history of this beautiful waterfront area, from the earliest times when it was frequented by the ancestors of the Coast Salish peoples, to the logging of the old growth forest, to a remarkable Seattle businessman's creation of one of the largest fishing resorts on Puget Sound.
Included are many tales of former resort guests, with photos of their fond times at this friendly place that was owned and operated by the same family for over half a century.
Learn how a long term committed effort by the former owners' descendants, local citizens, and dedicated state legislators turned the aging resort into what many now call "the crown jewel of the state park system."
This updated edition summarizes the wide range of events and educational activities offered by a state park that has again become a welcome retreat and a popular venue for weddings, family reunions, and other gatherings.
The author, married to a daughter of the former owners of Cama Beach Resort, was a key participant in the eighteen year project to create the state park.
This book depicts the fascinating history of this beautiful waterfront area, from the earliest times when it was frequented by the ancestors of the Coast Salish peoples, to the logging of the old growth forest, to a remarkable Seattle businessman's creation of one of the largest fishing resorts on Puget Sound.
Included are many tales of former resort guests, with photos of their fond times at this friendly place that was owned and operated by the same family for over half a century.
Learn how a long term committed effort by the former owners' descendants, local citizens, and dedicated state legislators turned the aging resort into what many now call "the crown jewel of the state park system."
This updated edition summarizes the wide range of events and educational activities offered by a state park that has again become a welcome retreat and a popular venue for weddings, family reunions, and other gatherings.
The author, married to a daughter of the former owners of Cama Beach Resort, was a key participant in the eighteen year project to create the state park.
204 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
About the author
Gary Worthington
8 books5 followersI've long been an enthusiastic reader of historical novels, as well as other fiction. I enjoy discussing books with other readers and hearing about new ones to read.
My own epic historical novels are unique in depicting major events and figures in India’s history, religions, and culture, from ancient times through the 20th century. My books include:
India Treasures (also published in South Asia by Penguin India as The Mangarh Chronicles);
The sequel, India Fortunes; and
Elephant Driver, a young adult tale of adventure and romance in ancient India (E-book only)
I've traveled widely on the Indian subcontinent and in many other countries of Asia, as well as in Europe and South America. My articles have appeared in Traveler’s India magazine, on the Writing Historical Novels web site, and elsewhere. I was an invited panelist at the South Asia Literary Festival in Washington, D.C.
In my legal career, I've been a lawyer in private practice, for the Washington State House of Representatives, as an officer in the U.S. Navy, and more recently helping develop the unique Cama Beach State Park on a historic waterfront resort site formerly operated by my wife Sandra’s family on Camano Island, Washington.
My wide range of interests include personal spiritual growth, graphic arts, the night sky and the larger universe; and issues such as international economic justice, environmental preservation, and nuclear disarmament. I designed the home we live in, on a forested site near Olympia, Washington.
We're currently involved in planning and developing a nature preserve on a forested site by our home.
We also help fund primary schools and a hospital in India's Thar desert.
My own epic historical novels are unique in depicting major events and figures in India’s history, religions, and culture, from ancient times through the 20th century. My books include:
India Treasures (also published in South Asia by Penguin India as The Mangarh Chronicles);
The sequel, India Fortunes; and
Elephant Driver, a young adult tale of adventure and romance in ancient India (E-book only)
I've traveled widely on the Indian subcontinent and in many other countries of Asia, as well as in Europe and South America. My articles have appeared in Traveler’s India magazine, on the Writing Historical Novels web site, and elsewhere. I was an invited panelist at the South Asia Literary Festival in Washington, D.C.
In my legal career, I've been a lawyer in private practice, for the Washington State House of Representatives, as an officer in the U.S. Navy, and more recently helping develop the unique Cama Beach State Park on a historic waterfront resort site formerly operated by my wife Sandra’s family on Camano Island, Washington.
My wide range of interests include personal spiritual growth, graphic arts, the night sky and the larger universe; and issues such as international economic justice, environmental preservation, and nuclear disarmament. I designed the home we live in, on a forested site near Olympia, Washington.
We're currently involved in planning and developing a nature preserve on a forested site by our home.
We also help fund primary schools and a hospital in India's Thar desert.
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