Newhalem is a small unincorporated community on the Skagit River in the western foothills of the North Cascades, in Whatcom County, northwestern Washington, United States.
Newhalem from nearby Trappers Peak, North Cascades National Park
Dana Currier, one of the key figures in the creation of Newhalem, poses in 1954 with the 2-6-2 locomotive built for Seattle City Light by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928 and known as "Old Number Six"
The Skagit River is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (690,000 hectares) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of Puget Sound and flows into the sound.
Gorge Lake portion of the Skagit River in Washington
Chinook salmon
The Skagit River Delta is an important winter habitat for snow geese (pictured) and trumpeter swans
The Skagit River near Marblemount, Washington