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Photo: Walter Siegmund; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
This company town is populated entirely by employees of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project. The dams along the Skagit River, first constructed in the 1920s and 1930s, account for about 20% of the electricity used by Seattle.
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.
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Walk the short interpretive trail to see Gorge Lake and Gorge Dam. Also stop on the Gorge Creek Bridge to spot Gorge Creek Falls in the ravine behind the highway.
North Cascades Institute, in partnership with Seattle City Light, offers boat tours of Diablo Lake and the Upper Skagit Valley.
This brilliantly blue reservoir is flanked by some of the steepest slopes in the park. The turquoise hue of the lake's water is attributed to surrounding glaciers grinding rocks into glacial flour that stays suspended in the lake.
This reservoir stretches past the Canadian border, flanked by some of the most jagged mountains in the entire range, especially Hozomeen Mountain. A pair of overlooks describe the geologic history and the writers who have been inspired by the North Cascades.
At 4855 ft, a viewpoint and a popular trailhead for the Pacific Crest Trail.
Washington Pass is the highest point on the highway at 5477 ft. A short walk to a scenic vista showcases the highway winding below the Liberty Bell and the Early Winters Spires.