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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.

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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.