• Historical Photos
• Modern Photos 1993 - 2003
• Trail Work Photos 2003 - 2004
• October 20, 2003 Record Rainfall Brings Floods to Robe Canyon
• Before and After - Compare October 2003 to August 2004
• Trail Dedication Volunteer Potluck - October 3, 2004
• Trail Dedication - Official County Ribbon Cutting Event - October 15, 2004
• 2004 VOW Volunteer Recognition Banquet
• August-September 2005 - Building the Kiosk

Historical Photos

• Bridge and tunnel #1
• A "galloping goose" gas car exits the west portal of tunnel #3 headed towards Granite Falls.  Phil Woodhouse Collection
• Immigrants, Robe Station
• Workers in Tunnel #1
• Gas car entering tunnel
• Train at Tunnel #6 with new concrete
• Train on bridge circa 1902
• Tunnel #1
• HO scale-model railroad depicting scenes from Everett to Monte Cristo built by Didrick & Mary Kay Voss of Mill Creek - Monte Cristo town site
• HO scale-model railroad depicting scenes from Everett to Monte Cristo built by Didrick & Mary Kay Voss of Mill Creek - E&MC train emerging from a tunnel in Robe Canyon

• Brickwork on the Lime Kiln, Nov. 2003 - Photo courtesy of Bob Chesterman.
• The Lime Kiln in 2003 - Photo courtesy of Bob Chesterman, volunteer John Walenta in photo
• Bob Keeney and Steve Dean sawing a log, 3-17-02 survey work party - Photo courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• South Fork Stillaguamish River
• Steve Dean, South Fork Stillaguamish River
• Kayaker in Robe Canyon - Photo courtesy of Rick Williams
• Lime Kiln Trail volunteers Lorelei and Gary - Photo courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• Orange, erratic rock in SF Stilly - Photo courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• Pebbles in scour hole, SF Stilly - Photo courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• SF Stilly near Lime Kiln - Photo courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• Steve Dean and Mike Parman on Railway '93
• Steve Dean and Mike Parman on South Fork Stillaguamish River '93
• South Fork Stillaguamish River bend - Photo courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• Between River Loop Trail and Lime Kiln #1
• Between River Loop Trail and Lime Kiln #2
• Near Lime Kiln

• Kim Carlson, front, and Duane Acheson, hiking the trail, 4-2-03 - Photos on 4-2-02 Courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• Bob Keeney, Chica, Duane Acheson, sawing a log, 4-2-03
• Linda, Mary, Brian, Bob K. and Duane working on the loop trail, 4-2-03
• Duane and Bob K. sawing a log, 4-2-03
• View of the SF Stilly and Duane and Bob K. sawing, 4-2-03
• One log down, one to go, 4-2-03
• Left to right, Terry, Mary, Bill, Tom & Duane, 4/29/03 work party.  Photos courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• Mary Oosterhof, 4/29/03
• Elrich Nelson, 5/5/03 work party.  Photos courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• Louise Owen, 5/5/03
• Dave Berry, 5/5/03
• Nurse tree, 5/5/03
• Newly completed trail section, 5/5/03
• Gary, Bob, Chica, Steve & Duane 7/6/03. Photos courtesy of Bob Chesterman
• Duane & Steve 6/29/03
• Lorelei's llamas 6/29/03
• Stilly from river loop spur 6/29/03
• River loop trail
• Ben Winters, Marysville-Pilchuck High School Navy Junior ROTC, 5/2/04
• MJ Creamer with M-PHS NJROTC students working near the trailhead, 5/2/04
• Candy break, Bob K. & Louise, 5/2/04
• Turnpike drainage system, 5/2/04
• Filling in the holes, 5/2/04
• Lunch on the turnpike, 5/2/04
• Louise has conquered some salmonberries, 5/2/04
• Hiker, May 2004
• Rough-skinned Newt, May 2004
• Man and his dog, May 2004
• Columbine, May 2004
• Stilly near trail's end, May 2004
• M-PHS NJROTC students inside the Kiln, 6/6/04
• Louise inside the Kiln, 6/6/04
• Kim on the River Loop trail section, 6/6/04
• Bob & MJ Creamer, crew leaders, 6/6/04
• M-PHS NJROTC students having lunch on the River Loop, 6/6/04
• Kim wood-burning trail signs that had been routed by Terry Osborn, 6/11/04
• Deer near Waite Mill Road and trailhead, 6/8/04
• New volunteer Julie, brushing, 7/8/04
• New volunteer Rita brushing, 7/8/04
• Chica -- Robe Canyon Mascot, 7/8/04
• Newly graveled trail section near trailhead (Thanks, Bill!), 7/8/04
• Kim and Steve walking new section near trailhead, 7/8/04
• Chica on trail, 7/8/04
• Kim making first sign, 7/8/04
• First sign installed! 7/8/04
• Second sign installed, 7/8/04
• Third sign installed, 7/8/04
• Andy and Duane, 7/17/04
• Remains of old Howe Truss bridge, 7/17/04
• Lunch by the river, 7/17/04
• Sign construction, 7/17/04
• Louise hand carving a post, 7/17/04
• Railroad artifacts along the trail, 7/17/04
• Lime Kiln Trail, 7/17/04
• Old saw blade near the Lime Kiln, 7/17/04
• Flora, 7/17/04
• Chris Hansen, 7/20/04
• Dave Berry, 7/20/04
• Ed Lewin, 7/20/04
• End of Trail, 7/20/04
• Janean, 7/20/04
• Jim Knapp, 7/20/04
• Joe and George, 7/20/04
• Kim & Robert K, 7/20/04
• Kim, Lorelei & llama making a sign, 7/20/04
• Moving a trail sign, 7/20/04
• Trailhead group photo, 7/20/04
• Old Robe Trail, 8/21/04 (courtesy Bob Chesterman)
• Inside train tunnel, 8/21/04 (courtesy Bob Chesterman)

October 20, 2003 Record Rainfall Brings Floods to Robe Canyon

All photos were taken on October 21, 2003, and early Nov. 2003, and are courtesy of Bob Chesterman. 
Read his account of hiking through the canyon that day.

• One of many waterfalls flowing onto grade
• Entering canyon, very high humidity from floodwaters created a fog over river
• A shirt caught in tree at grade level
• Shirt in tree, looking upstream
• Remains of old railroad grade (ties were set in concrete to prevent floods from removing them)
• Raging Stillaguamish
• Wild river
• Debris swept onto grade
• Boiling Stilly rounds bluff with Tunnel # 6 inside
• Smaller wood debris lodged against existing fallen tree on grade- Tunnel # 6 in background
• Waterfalls flow into torrent just past Tunnel # 6
• View from inside Tunnel #6
• Tunnel #6 flood debris
• Flood by railroad grade near Tunnel #6

• Entering the canyon
• Remains of railroad grade
• Looking upstream
• Raging, and not raging Stillaguamish River

• The Trailhead
• Potluck
• Not everyone had fun rubbing noses with the llama! [photo of Jolene Lambert by Christine Wolf]
• Dedication speeches
• Steve Dean receives a thank you gift from volunteers
• Ribbon cutting - Walt Bailey of the Walt Bailey Trail, VOW representative Kim Carlson, young trail hiker Sarah Lambert, LKT volunteers Duane Acheson and Steve Dean
• The ribbon is cut!
• Steve Dean - Lime Kiln Trail, and Walt Bailey - Walt Bailey Trail

• The trailhead sign
• The ribbon, the sign, the scissors
• The Exhibit
• The Pavilion
• Pat Kenyon and Ron Martin, Snohomish County Parks & Recreation
• Ron Martin introducing the special guests
• Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon, Pat Kenyon, Ron Martin
• Group photo -- before the ribbon-cutting
• Jim Chapman receiving an award from Executive Reardon and Pat Kenyon
• Duane Acheson receiving an award from Executive Reardon
• Robert Keeney receiving an award from Executive Reardon
• Cutting the ribbon: Joan Dorrance, Snohomish County Parks Advisory Board member, Executive Reardon, County Councilman and Council Chair, John Koster, District No. 1, Walt Bailey, Kim Carlson of VOW

• November 7, 2004, UW Center for Urban Horticulture - "MEN IN TIES"

• Tom Campbell (left) and Terry Osborn, building the kiosk (Steve Dean, not shown, was the 3rd builder)
• Terry Osborn (left) and Tom Campbell, enjoying lunch on the kiosk
• Terry Osborn (left) and Tom Campbell as Vanna White
• September 2: Completed Kiosk pictures | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |