A View from the Water

ID: 488 ~ Source: Lopez Island Historical Society.

This file appears in: Lopez Island Utopian Colony

A view from the water of the Hunter Bay location. I believe this is the cookhouse and one of the modern cabins above it.

This file appears in: Lopez Island Utopian Colony

Lopez Island Utopian Colony – Lies, Deception, and Meat

By Samuel Wilson

In 1911, a small group of individuals led by Thomas Hampton Gourley left their settlement in Ballard, Washington for Lopez Island. They believed that the world was coming to an end and only Lopez Island would be spared. It was here that he and his…