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Bellingham, WA is a great town. It routinely makes the top ten lists of best places to live. According to the US Census, Bellingham has a population of about 75,000. Bellingham is situated on Bellingham Bay in the North Puget Sound area of Washington state. The city is beautiful and has a rich cultural mix.

Bellingham, The City of Subdued Excitement!

Photo used under the Creative Commons License: Bellingham, by Sunil060902

Historic Bellingham, WA Homes

Beautiful Historic Bellingham Homes

Historic Bellingham Homes

Whatcom County Berries

65% of the nation's raspberries are grown in Whatcom County

Bellingham BerriesBerries grow well here in Whatcom County. Blackberries are almost considered a noxious weed. If left to themselves they will take over. We have them growing along our creek so we can make a blackberry pie in the summer if we want to, but we have to fight to keep them out of the lawn. I also have two lovely blueberry bushes growing in my backyard. I think that is so cool. I love blueberries! And of course Whatcom Country supplies red raspberries for all of the country. Over 65% of the country's red raspberries are produced right here in Whatcom County.

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Bellingham Sports Teams

Bellingham Slam, Minor League Basketball Team
2009 Northwest Washington Fair: The Slam will once again be a part of the annual Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden. Be sure to drop by our booth to visit with team personnel, pick up some Slam merchandise, or enter to win exciting prizes!
Where: Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden
When: August 17-22 from 10am-11pm each day.
Roller Derby! The Bellingham Roller Betties
All-female, do-it-yourself, flat-track roller derby has been called "the fastest growing sport in the United States" by the Today show. Bellingham Roller Betties is one of the five new Washington State leagues currently forming. Our inspiration is the Rat City Rollergirls, the Seattle-area flat-track league that was founded in 2004.
Baseball, The Bellingham Bells
The Bellingham Bells is a member of the West Coast League which was started to help develop college baseball talent. It was founded in 2005 with teams from Washington, British Columbia and Oregon.
Bellingham Women's Hockey
Monday night hockey is designed to give hockey players a friendly, fun, and non-threatening introduction to league play. Referees will keep the game clean, with strict enforcement of no-contact and no-slapshot rules.
The Bellingham SportsPlex
SportsPlex Ice Skating Rink

Welcome to the RinkTime page for SportsPlex Ice Skating Rink. Founded in Bellingham, WA, SportsPlex is an indoor rink and open year round.

Historic Mount Baker Theater

Mount Baker TheaterThe Mount Baker Theater was first opened in 1927 as a vaudeville house. In 1978 it was placed on the National Historic Register.
Check out the Mount Baker Theater Website to see the inside of the beautifully restored 1927 Moorish architecture theater.

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The Whatcom Museum of History and Art

Whatcom County Museum of History and Art
The Whatcom Museum of History and Art is housed in the old Bellingham City Hall, a red-brick, Victorian structure. The Museum complex also includes the Syre Education Center, Arco Exhibits and the Whatcom Children's Museum.

Visit the Whatcom Museum website to learn more about this 1893 historic building and to read about the events there.

Bellingham in the Blogs

Voters approve two levies for Bellingham schools
BELLINGHAM - Bellingham School District voters have approved two replacement levies, according to an early count Tuesday, Feb. 14. The four-year measures are the maintenance and operations levy, and the technology levy. The first one had 68.5 percent ...
Bellingham Water Cost Rises
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Bellingham residents will be paying more on their water bills following a decision by the city council on Monday. The panel voted 5-2 to approve a measure that would raise an existing surcharge used for watershed protection and ...
Bellingham offers $130000 to end developer lawsuit
BELLINGHAM - In 2010, developers sued the city for at least $8 million, claiming the city illegally delayed approving their planned housing development. On Monday, Feb. 13, city leaders offered $130000 to end the case. The City Council came out of a ...
Bellingham shuttle service expands south
Local residents coming from the commuter rail jump into a shuttle bus at the Forge Park train station in Bellingham on Monday. The bus is now picking up residents living in south Bellingham, too. By Alison McCall/Daily News staff For about $2 a day, ...
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Colorful Bellingham Bus

Bellingham Bus
This is just one of the colorfully painted Whatcom Transit Authority buses that travel Bellingham and Whatcom County.

Another Bellingham Bus

Decorated with children's drawings.

Bellingham Bus

Here is another example of the colorful Bellingham buses. This one is decorated with children's drawings.

US and Canada Roads Side by Side

US and Canada Roads Side by Side
That's the border, just northeast of Bellingham, Washington. The road on the right is in Canada. The road on the left is in the U.S. There's no fence.
Photo used under Creative Commons license. Photo by Missy Leone

Bellingham Restaurant Critic's take on the Railroad Avenue Restaurants.

Visit the Bellingham Restaurant Critic and chime in with your opinions on the Railroad Avenue Restaurants; Fiamma Burger, Pita Pit, El Capitan's, Mallard, Bagelry, The Woods, Casa Que Pasa, and Boundary Bay Brewery. If there are any restaurants or eateries I left out you can let me know and I will review them.
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Bellingham is the closest US city to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Get your reservations now!
Bellingham Tourism
Whether for the weekend or an extended stay, we offer a break from the ordinary. With magnificent natural scenery, Mt. Baker skiing and snowboarding, hiking, arts and theatre, charming villages and waterfront adventures like whale watching, the Bellingham Mt. Baker region is a unique area of Washington state. We are also the closest U.S. destination to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games occurring in Vancouver, B.C.
Bellingham on Wikipedia
The name of Bellingham is derived from the bay on which the city is situated. George Vancouver, who visited the area in June 1792, named the bay for Sir William Bellingham, the controller of the storekeeper's account of the Royal Navy.

The first white settlers reached the area in 1854. In 1858, the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush caused thousands of miners, storekeepers, and scalawags to head north from California. Whatcom grew overnight from a small northwest mill town to a bustling seaport, the basetown for the Whatcom Trail, which led to the Fraser Canyon goldfields, used in open defiance of colonial Governor James Douglas's edict that all entry to the gold colony be made via Victoria, British Columbia.
Port of Bellingham
Located between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Bellingham offers excellent access to these growing cities, along with the lifestyle benefits of a smaller community. Bellingham features strong colleges providing a highly trained workforce.
A Detailed Profile of Bellingham
Latitude: 48.75 N, Longitude: 122.47 W

Nickname or alias (official or unofficial): Let Us Surprise You

Daytime population change due to commuting: +12,927 (+19.2%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 25,241 (76.6%)
Males: 37,257 (48.1%)
Females: 40,246 (51.9%)

Median resident age: 30.4 years
Washington median age: 35.3 years
A Little Bellingham History
150 Years Ago, Bellingham Was A Forest.
Today, Bellingham has nearly 80,000 people, looks back on 100+ years of its past, and continues to look forward to a future yet to come. For better or worse, Euro-American settlement on Bellingham Bay has changed thick forestland, mudflats, and saltwater coastland to a thriving city.

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