Wayne also dreamed of opening a museum containing items such as photographs and artifacts from the local Mt. Baker Foothills Community. This museum is the Gerdrum Homestead, which was built out of one cedar tree and is located at the Silver Lake Park, Maple Falls, WA. This location includes a large field for a demonstration site of equipment displays and practices, from old school techniques to new technologies. BMFC draws tourists, including families and people of all ages, as well as student groups for extended classroom education. Woodcrafters are invited to sell wood products and demonstrate how they make the products that we all enjoy today. This opportunity can provide an income for displaced loggers and cottage industries that would benefit from the Black Mountain Forestry Center.
Black Mountain Forestry Center - How to get here

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Black Mountain Forestry Center is located at 9006 Silver Lake Rd, Maple Falls, WA 98266.

Here's a link to a map from Mapquest.

Driving instructions from Bellingham, WA: Take exit 542 on I-5 (Sunset Drive /Mt. Baker Hwy). Travel East for approximately 30 - 40 minutes, 28 miles and you will come to a small town called Maple Falls. Turn Left at Silver Lake Road (North). Travel 3 1/2 miles to Silver Lake Park. We are located directly across the street from the main entrance of Silver Lake Park.

 
 

From Seattle: Go North on I-5 to Bellingham Take Exit 255 WA-542. Take a right at the light. You are now on Sunset Drive. Sunset Drive turns into the Mount Baker Highway (known as Route 542). Travel East for approximately 30 - 40 minutes, 28 miles and you will come to a small town called Maple Falls. Turn Left at Silver Lake Road (North). Travel 3 1/2 miles to Silver Lake Park. We are located directly across the street from the main entrance of Silver Lake Park.

From Vancouver, Canada: From the Blaine border crossing, go South on I-5 to Bellingham Take Exit 255 WA-542. Take a left at the light. You are now on Sunset Drive. Sunset Drive turns into the Mount Baker Highway (known as Route 542). Travel East for approximately 30 - 40 minutes, 28 miles and you will come to a small town called Maple Falls. Turn Left at Silver Lake Road (North). Travel 3 1/2 miles to Silver Lake Park. We are located directly across the street from the main entrance of Silver Lake Park.

 

 
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