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May 9, 2021
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner
What a shame!
After more than a century of productive service, the City of Cranbrook has taken one of its most successful institutions and revenue producers and casually tossed it aside like so much garbage.
According to local historian Jim Cameron, the Mount Baker RV Campground first appeared in Baker Park in July 1920 when it was proudly called the Cranbrook Municipal Auto Camp by a far-sighted city council that looked into the future and correctly concluded the future was going to be based on rubber tires.
Campers were initially allowed to camp free of charge for the first week and paid a nominal nightly fee after that. Unsurprisingly the auto camp’s popularity caught on quickly as it was located just off the downtown business district and across from a garage that provided services and a local entrepreneur who set up entertainment rides for the camper’s children.
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