CLALLAM COUNTY
SEKIU MOUNTAIN
Department of Natural Resources
31N-14W-2
31N-14W-2
1962-64: A new lookout tower for fire control was erected at Seiku Mountain in Clallam County. (4th Biennial Report of the Washington Department of Natural Resources)
April 7, 1964: "Sekiu lookout is new and will soon be under construction." (Port Angeles Evening News)
August 26, 1965: "From her forest fire lookout tower atop 1,960 foot Sekiu Mountain, Mrs. Della Turner of Forks keeps a watchful eye on more than 700 square miles of valuable private and state-owned timber land.
The new 40-foot Sekiu Mountain tower was put into operation by the Department of Natural Resources June 15, Mrs. Turner, wife of DNR fire warden Corbett (Pete) Turner, was the first to live in the new cabin-on-stilts.
The Sekiu Mountain Lookout provides fire detection on lands owned by the state of Washington, Crown Zellerbach and Rayonier Incorporated and other scattered ownerships, Rayonier and West Coast Plywood logged the lookout site and built the logging road which provides access to the tower.
The Sekiu lookout is one of 86 such towers operated by the Department of Natural Resources throughout the state." (Port Angeles Evening News)
April 30, 1969: "Three forest lookouts will be manned to supplement the aerial detection and to help provide greater radio coverage and furnish fire weather observations. One station is Sekiu Mountain." (Port Angeles Evening News)
Removed