North Cascades

RECREATION AND TOURISM IN THE MOUNTAINS

HOSTELRIES AND RESORTS

Weaver Point

Daisy Weaver in her boat crossing Lake Chelan, n.d.
(NOCA-Stehekin photo file)

Upvalley, two new "resorts" opened in the 1940s in anticipation of a renewed tourist trade. Daisie Weaver ran a "resort" for a number of years at Weaver Point, across the lake from the landing. On property she and her husband Lewis had homesteaded earlier, Daisie had a number of small cabins built by the early 1940s. Because Weaver Point was inaccessible by automobile, Daisie would ferry her guests to and from the Stehekin boat landing in her small aluminum boat. In 1941 she had the honor of hosting a party of Mazamas who hiked down to "Mrs. Weaver's camp" for "shower baths" and homemade pie, before heading downlake. [37]