SWEDE PASS
Stevens County - State Division of Forestry - 38N-39E-18
May 18, 1934: “Willis Ward of Orient has just finished a lookout house at Swede pass in Stevens county on South Columbia river.” (The Republic News-Miner)
August 30, 1941: “Fred Garringer is home on a leave of absence until the weather clears up. He is stationed on Lookout mountain.” (The Colville Examiner)
August 30, 1941: “Fred Garringer is home on a leave of absence until the weather clears up. He is stationed on Lookout mountain.” (The Colville Examiner)
Removed
DESIGNATION - SWEDE PASS LOOKOUT HOUSE 1936
PID - TO0881
STATE/COUNTY- WA/STEVENS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CHINA BEND (1969)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 (JTJ)
THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS THE LOOKOUT HOUSE ATOP A HIGH MOUNTAIN
RIDGE THAT OVERLOOKS ROOSEVELT LAKE TO THE N AND NW, ABOUT 4 MILES
NE OF BOSSBURG, AND ABOUT 2 MILES SE OF THE
LAKE. U.S.B.R. TRIANGULATION STATION RYAN 1936 IS 7 METERS N OF
THE LOOKOUT HOUSE. A 4-FOOT WOODEN STAND IS OVER THE MARK.
TO REACH STATION FROM THE ROAD JUNCTION AT BOSSBURG (BOSSBURG
GRAMMAR SCHOOL IS ABOUT 450 FEET W OF THIS JUNCTION), PROCEED N
ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 22 FOR 4.4 MILES TO A ROAD SIGN READING SWEDE
PASS LOOKOUT AND A GRAVEL ROAD TO THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT ON THIS
GRAVEL ROAD AND FOLLOW SIGNS INDICATING ROUTE TO SWEDE PASS
LOOKOUT.