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PostSun Jan 07, 2018 6:07 pm 
Back in 1946, you had to get a permit to build a fire at Lake 22. But I don't believe you needed a trail parking pass. After your fun campout, you could head up to Big Four lodge and have a nice meal. Nowadays you could too, if you brought food and a stove.

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PostSun Jan 07, 2018 7:55 pm 
I was going ask if the Big 4 lodge was back open, lol.

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PostThu Feb 08, 2018 1:41 pm 
I could make a Great breakfast off that list.

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PostThu Feb 08, 2018 7:53 pm 
up.gif Where did you come across those? Great find.

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PostThu Feb 08, 2018 10:16 pm 
While volunteering at a museum, I found them in a box. 'Tis fun opening boxes. Every once in a while it's Pandora's box though.

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PostWed Feb 21, 2018 2:01 pm 
That guy's address is now Kenmore, not Seattle and it is a Les Schwab. probably had a nice view of the lake back then.

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PostFri Jan 24, 2020 6:16 pm 
I remember getting campfire permits from the Verlot Ranger Station in the 60's.

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PostFri Jan 24, 2020 8:50 pm 
Riverside Laker wrote:
Wow. Just seeing that form, the typography, the print, the pen ink and such just gave me a flood of nostalgia. wink.gif Those were the days. That would have been issued almost exactly a year from the end of WWII. Thanks R.L. ~z

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PostFri Jan 24, 2020 11:04 pm 
The Lake Twenty Two Research Natural Area was enacted one year later in 1947. The current NFS website states that camping and fires are not allowed at the lake. I wonder if that dates from 1947. If so, that was one of the last permits issued.

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PostSat Jan 25, 2020 10:22 am 
JimK wrote:
The current NFS website states that camping and fires are not allowed at the lake. I wonder if that dates from 1947.
I don't think the camping and fires prohibition came before the late 80's.

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PostSat Jan 25, 2020 9:43 pm 
I think it was 25 cents for a campfire permit at Chelan State Park back in 1973 0r '74.

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PostWed Feb 12, 2020 12:24 pm 
Then you could have been a pal and brought lunch up to the guy manning the Mt. Pilchuck lookout!

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PostWed Feb 12, 2020 2:21 pm 
From the permit:
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...bury or burn all refuse and leave my camping place in a clean and sanitary condition.
Well there's a nonsequitur. I guess "pack it out" never occurred to them.

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PostWed Feb 12, 2020 5:19 pm 
Anne Elk wrote:
From the permit:
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...bury or burn all refuse and leave my camping place in a clean and sanitary condition.
Well there's a nonsequitur. I guess "pack it out" never occurred to them.
"Bash, Burn and Bury" was the guideline until "Backpacking One Step at Time" was published in 1972 and the idea of "If you can carry it in full, you can pack it out empty" started to gain traction.

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PostThu Feb 13, 2020 10:28 pm 
Does anyone know of a cabin that used to be at the lake? My Dad's story of getting to the lake, finding snow up past the cabin eaves and digging down to get in has gotten a little murkier in my memory, but I'm pretty sure he said Lk 22. That would have been just before or just after ww2. I'm wondering if the cabin was removed when the Natural Area was created.

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