LILLIWAUP HOME

PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS

HAMMA HAMMA WINTER STEELHEAD PROJECT

HOOD CANAL STEELHEAD PROJECT

HISTORY

STAFF

PARTNERS

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

WISH LIST

A Native American fishing site for centuries, the 150-acre property that hosts Lilliwaup Hatchery is situated at the mouth of Lilliwaup Creek, a short stream known for its once-large runs of chum salmon. The stream flows out of Price Lake, near Lake Cushman, and is joined by flows from Lilliwaup Swamp and numerous springs. (LLTK's current hatchery manager, Rick Endicott, grew up on Price Lake, where his mother was born in the 1930s and where his family operated a fishing lodge.)

A sawmill was built at Lilliwaup Falls in the late 1800s. In the 1940s it was purchased by the Beardsley family, who established the first hydroelectric facility. The property changed hands several times in ensuing decades, and in the 1980s the hydroelectric plant was refurbished. Now fully operational, it features seven turbines and generates enough electricity to power more than 1,000 homes.

Lilliwaup Hatchery was built in 1993 after the acquisition of the property by Long Live the Kings board member William G. Reed, who singlehandedly funded it for the purpose of aiding salmon restoration. The water supply for the hatchery is gravity-fed from a large spring on the property named Beardsley Creek.