Cama Beach Historical State Park, Historical state park on Camano Island, United States.
Cama Beach Historical State Park faces Saratoga Passage on the southwest shore of Camano Island. Its two rows of single-story brown wooden cabins, built as a 1930s auto court and fishing resort, face each other across a grassy area and gravel path; each has a front door, dark-framed windows, a shallow pitched roof and low wooden steps. The Center for Wooden Boats runs the historic boathouse and shop.
A businessman named LeRoy Stradley built a fishing resort with about two dozen cabins on the beach in 1934. His family ran the place continuously until it closed in 1989.
The park takes its name from the Cama Beach fishing resort that LeRoy Stradley opened in 1934, where families rented cabins and crabbed and fished in Saratoga Passage. Stradley's family ran the resort until 1989, and his granddaughters sold the land to the state for less than its estimated value, giving part of the proceeds toward rehabilitation. The Center for Wooden Boats now runs the boathouse and shop, renting out boats kept from the resort years.
The park offers several activities such as hiking, boating, crabbing, and scuba diving for different interests. The grounds are in good condition and connect to a neighboring state park, offering more to explore.
The Center for Wooden Boats runs the boathouse and shop, renting out boats kept from the resort's fishing days along with crabbing gear. It also holds youth and adult classes in sailing and boat building, so the 1930s resort buildings still serve boaters.
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