History
Located four and one half miles east of Granite Falls, Washington, the Masonic Park, with its beautiful majestic trees, secluded campsites and the rushing stream that runs through it, makes a stay at the park a delightful, peaceful change from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives.
The Masonic Park, with its 245 acres of splendid Hemlock, Fir, and Cedar trees, has many private RV campsites with shelters and cooking pits along the creek. There are also group camping areas, RV dumps, a bathhouse with hot showers, a playground for the kids, and one of the best steelhead fishing streams in the State of Washington.
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HISTORY OF THE MASONIC PARK
The Masonic Park is the property of the Master Masons Club of Snohomish and Island Counties. It consists of 245 acres of beautifully wooded land on rushing Canyon Creek and is located in the foothills of the majestic Cascade Mountains.
This beautiful park was donated by Jacob Anthes, Mathias and Johanna Quist, the Soundview Pulp Company, and the Des Moines Timber Company in four separate bequests between 1932 and 1948. It was donated for the purpose of constructing a park for Master Masons and their families.
The Park has been developed entirely by donations of time, effort, money, and materials from many devoted brethren and many of the surrounding lodges.
Membership in the Master Masons Club is maintained by an annual fee to all Master Masons belonging to a lodge in Snohomish and Island Counties and is the primary source of revenue for maintenance of the Park.
In recent years, the use of the Park has been extended to other Master Masons belonging to lodges outside of Snohomish and island Counties, who wish to maintain an annual associate membership for the same fee per year.
Planned development of the Park, inaugurated several years ago to protect this tremendous resource, has made possible the development of timbered portions and the expansion and beautification of picnic and camping areas.
For the first time it has a water system and electric power. Provisions for future development of the Park have been made by the adoption of a Memorial Trust Fund form life memberships that will one day provide income for the perpetual maintenance of the Park. Donations to this fund can be made directly to the Master Masons Club or at the entry gate.
