XOE_CPNWS0088bhamheralddrawingsandmaps Guide to the Bellingham Herald regional development drawings and maps 1967-1992 Bellingham Herald regional development drawings and maps Finding aid prepared by Rozlind Koester Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies © 2011
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XOE_CPNWS0088bhamheralddrawingsandmaps Bellingham Herald Bellingham Herald regional development drawings and maps 1967-1992 3 linear feet The Bellingham Herald regional development drawings and maps document regional planning and proposed improvement projects throughout Whatcom County, as well as roads, neighborhoods, and various legal boundaries in the area. Collection materials are in English.

The Bellingham Herald regional development drawings and maps were originally donated to the Bellingham Herald by local economic interests. The materials document regional planning and proposed improvement projects throughout Whatcom County, as well as roads, neighborhoods, and various legal boundaries in the area.

Maps date from 1967-1992 with the majority of them from the 1970's. They include Bellingham, Sudden Valley, Puget Sound and Coastal Commercial Salmon and Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch reporting areas and a 1982 orthophoto map of Whatcom County. Architectural drawings date from 1980-1989 and are chiefly of proposed projects in Bellingham, Blaine, the Ferndale area and the Mt. Baker School District.

The Bellingham Herald regional development drawings and maps are organized according to the following series arrangement:

Series I. Architectural Drawings circa 1980-1989 Series II. Maps circa 1967-1992

The collection is open to the public.

Bellingham Herald regional development drawings and maps, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

Donated by Carole Morris of the Bellingham Herald, date unknown.

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Whatcom County (Wash.)--History--Sources--Maps Regional planning--Washington (State)--Whatcom County--History--Sources Architecture--Washington (State)--Whatcom County--Designs and plans--Sources--Drawings Bellingham

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Series I. Architectural Drawings circa 1980-1989 1-1 Bellingham Downtown Improvement Plan - drawings of proposed improvements to intersections at Holly & Prospect and Cornwall Avenue between Holly & Magnolia 1980 October 1-2 Bellingham Downtown Improvement Plan - drawings of proposed improvements to intersections at Cornwall & Champion and Magnolia & Champion 1980 October 1-3 Blaine Air Force Radar station Land Use Schematic 1980 May 1-4 Proposed Shopping Mall & Tourist Attractions - plans for "Sun Valley Mall" to be located at the diamond interchange between Bellingham and Ferndale undated 1-5 Preliminary Master Plan, Blaine Waterfront Park 1981 1-6 Proposed Whatcom County/City of Bellingham Energy from Waste Facility undated 1-7 Proposed Marine Park/Complex at Hilton Avenue/Future Marina Addition - Site Plan undated 1-8 Alterations and additions to Bellingham Holiday Inn - Site Plan 1983 June 6 2-1 Unidentified drawing of a waterfront park and complex, possibly somewhere in nothern Whatcom County undated 2-2 Unidentified drawing of a waterfront park and complex, possibly somewhere in nothern Whatcom County undated 2-3 Unidentified drawing of a waterfront park and complex, possibly somewhere in nothern Whatcom County undated 2-4 Drawing of proposed Blaine Harbor Mall 1980 2-5 Drawing of proposed High School/Middle School for Mount Baker School District No. 507 1989 April 27 2-6 Drawing of proposed High School/Middle School for Mount Baker School District No. 507 1989 April 27 2-7 Drawing of proposed High School/Middle School for Mount Baker School District No. 507 1989 April 27 Series II. Maps circa 1967-1992 3-1 The "Green Route" maps - Bellingham parks and streets by bike 1980 3-2 City of Bellingham and vicinity map showing 100-year flood plain undated 3-3 City of Bellingham and vicinity map undated 3-4 City of Bellingham map showing precinct, ward, and legislative boundaries 1967 November 3-5 City of Bellingham map showing precinct, ward, and legislative boundaries 1967 November 3-6 Sudden Valley community map 1975 July 3-7 City of Bellingham map of proposed neighborhood planning area boundaries 1976 October 3-8 City of Bellingham map of neighborhood planning area boundaries 1977 January 10 3-9 Map of Yew St.-Samish Way Connector Arterial (formerly Byron-Consolidation Arterial) - Approximate Alignment 1983 August 3-10 City of Bellingham map showing city limits, precinct, legislative, and council district boundaries 1992 3-11 Whatcom County zoning map 1992 July 3-12 Cascade Natural Gas Corporation district area map for Bellingham 1979 November 8 3-13 Whatcom County road map 1971 3-14 Whatcom County road map 1971 3-15 Whatcom County road map 1971 3-16 Whatcom County map showing council, legislative, precinct, and county boundaries 1992 3-17 Northern Puget Sound Commercial Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas map 1979 June 3-18 Southern Puget Sound Commercial Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas map 1979 June 3-19 Puget Sound Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas map 1977 January 1 3-20 Puget Sound Marine Fish-Shellfish Managemetn and Catch Reporting Areas map 1977 January 1 3-21 Coastal Marine Fish-Shellfish Managemetn and Catch Reporting Areas map 1977 January 3-22 Preliminary plat of Fraser Industrial Park located along Racine St. between Whatcom Creek and Arbor St. 1980 June 3-23 Map of logging areas/locations of Trillium and Georgia-Pacific clear cuts in Whatcom County undated 3-24 Map showing the path of the Transmountain Pipeline through Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham undated 3-25 Orthophoto map of Whatcom County 1982 May