Over 300 children took part in Saturday’s (April 19) Easter Egg hunt at Pearrygin Lake State Park. The event was sponsored by Twisp Valley Grange and Winthrop Kiwanis, with help from Key Club members. In the video above, the three- and four-year-old group gets off to a great start. Video by Laurelle Walsh
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Wildfire burns 25 acres near Pearrygin Lake
A wildfire that started shortly after noon on Monday (March 31) at the shooting range above Pearrygin Lake consumed about 25 acres of grassy hillside. Winds pushed the fire up the slope from the shooting range and dry grasses fed the fire, said Fire Chief Don Waller of Okanogan County Fire District 6. Waller said […]
Multi-sport Winthrop Traverse coming in June
A new multi-sport event, the Sun Mountain Lodge Winthrop Traverse, will take place at Pearrygin Lake State Park on June 14, when solo, tandem and relay teams will take on the 35.25-mile course on feet, on bikes and on the water. The event, organized by Recreation Northwest, is the first of a series of similar […]
Pearrygin Lake State Park readies for another busy season
By Laurelle Walsh
The staff and crew at Pearrygin Lake State Park are gearing up for an April 1 opening and a 2014 season full of activities, events and camping.
“We’re cranking up to get open on April 1,” a goal that is …
Work proceeding on canal company project at Pearrygin Lake
By Laurelle Walsh
A temporary cofferdam is holding back Pearrygin Lake until new intake structure is built to allow the Chewuch Canal Company to fill or withdraw water from the lake.
Shoreline man, 76, drowns at Pearrygin
A 76-year-old man from Shoreline drowned on Saturday (Sept. 14) while swimming at Pearrygin Lake State Park near Winthrop, Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers reported. Charles J. Covello had been swimming when another person saw Covello go under the water and not come back up. Calls for emergency assistance went out at about 4 p.m. […]
