Old Camano, some Camano Island History

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Manaco Resort 1958

The Awesome Beach

Manaco Beach Oysters

Camano Eagle Nests each dot is an eagle nest

Manaco Beach Aerial

1958 Tourist Map

Camano Country Club

Tourist Map 1959

Driftwood Shores

Camano Democratic Caucus of 2/9/08

I'm (Louie Bloom) from Manaco Beach, Camano Island. I've lived on Camano (off and on), since 1957. I've installed septic systems from 1980 to 2003. I like collecting and sharing facts and documents.

My latest hobby/entertainment is growing oysters. Oysters grow great in our Camano Island waters, if protected from storms and predators. Here's some oyster information

There was a 1930 oyster growing operation in Port Susan by Warm Beach.

There is an Island County 1933 Plat of Camano BluePoint Oyster Tracts in the middle of Port Susan saltwater.

There's a public oyster beach at Penn Cove, on Whidbey Island.

Here's a few links to oyster/shellfish webpages that I like.

Here's a 1958 Camano Island Tourist map. (300 KB) My parents, Melvin and Mary Bloom owned Manaco Resort.

Here's a 1959 Camano Island Tourist map with resort and realty ads. (180 KB)

Here's an article from the February 1994 Stanwood/Camano News Soundings that tells about the history of Camano Island resorts. (480 Kilobytes)

Here's information about Baby Island.

This is a link to a 1.2 megabyte Camano Island 1960 Metzger Map with property owner names It's a great map! I wish they had maps like this today.

This is a link to a 1994 Everett Herald newspaper article and 1994 Mother Jones magazine cartoon story about when a creationist lecturer gave a talk at a Stanwood school, and how a local "activist" was able to change the school and school board policy.

Some Wa St Univ people walked the 50.2 miles of shoreline around Camano Island in May/June 2002. There's pictures with lots of Camano seashore information. http://island.wsu.edu/camano/harden/

Here's a website about Island County Beach Watchers, with Camano beach information. beachwatchers.wsu.edu/

This is a link to photocopies of the 1930 U.S. Camano Island Census

Names, job titles, and salaries of 2004 City of Stanwood (32 employees), 2002 Island County (402 employees), 2002 Stanwood/Camano Island School District (599 employees).

This is a link to Phillip Harmon federal courthouse documents. If you've been on Camano since 1994, you know what this is about.

Here's information from the July 5, 1994 Stanwood/Camano News article, about public and private beaches on Camano.

Are there whales or orcas around Camano today? Find out at http://www.orcanetwork.org/

I'm shellfish gardening, oysters, manila clams and mussels at manaco beach

The Island County Auditor has a searchable database about Island County deeds, marriage/birth/death certificates, liens, easements, power of attorneys, ect..., lots of historical and current information.

I've uploaded all the 2005 Island County Assessor Tax Data for Whidbey and Camano, with aerial photos and 1/4 section parcel maps.

Island County Assessor information can also be found at http://www.islandcounty.net/assessor/index.html

This is a link to a series of Manaco Beach e-mail webpages I sent out to mainly relatives, that chronicled my brothers dogs broken leg mending. It's got an excessive amount of information about Manaco Beach, where I live.

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March 27, 2008 Shellfish update