''Betty Earles'' was a small gasoline-powered vessel built in 1913 on
Lake Crescent, Washington. The vessel was transferred to
Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ; ) is a complex estuary, estuarine system of interconnected Marine habitat, marine waterways and basins located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As a part of the Salish Sea, the sound ...
in about 1919 and remained in service there until at least 1958.
Career
In 1913, Michael Earles, owner of the
Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort, built the gasoline-launch ''Betty Earles'' (named after his daughter) on
Lake Crescent
Lake Crescent is a deep lake located entirely within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States, approximately west of Port Angeles on U.S. Route 101, near the small community of Piedmont. With an official maximum ...
to transport his guests bound for his resort from the head of the lake to Fairholm, at the western end, where they would disembark and ride motor buses to his resort. The boat was large for the lake, long, on the beam, with an heavy-duty
Frisco Standard engine.
[ – a small scale plan of the ''Betty Earles'']
Michael Earles' Sol Duc lodge burned down around 1918, and he moved ''Betty Earles'' off Lake Crescent to serve on Puget Sound under the command of Captain O. G. Olson. In 1924, ''Betty Earles'' was sold to
Tacoma Tug & Barge Co. ''Betty Earles'' was still in service as a tug as late as 1958, still under the old name
References
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See also
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''Storm King'', a ferry operated on the lake by
Clallam County, Washington
Clallam County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 77,155, with an estimated population of 77,616 in 2023. The county seat and largest city is Port Angeles; the county as a whole comprises th ...
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Steamboats of Lake Crescent, Washington
1913 ships
Steamboats of Washington (state)
Ships built in Washington (state)
Tugboats of the United States
History of Clallam County, Washington
Transportation in Clallam County, Washington