The next session of Learning Our Landscape will focus on the history of the Dungeness River Railroad Bridge and the North Olympic Peninsula railroads.

The program, presented by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library in Collaboration with the North Olympic History Center, is set for 3 p.m. Thursday, July 13. It will be led by Ken Wiersema, volunteer instructor at the Dungeness River Nature Center.

The completion of the Dungeness River Railroad Bridge in 1915 and the subsequent rail connection to Port Townsend brought modern land-based transportation to the North Olympic Peninsula. Built to enable transporting the peninsula’s timber to the markets of the world, the railroad made lasting marks on the local landscape and economy. 

Wiersema will talk about how the bridge was designed and built, and how it has been repaired and transformed into a walking and biking pathway. The bridge has been owned by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe since 1995 and has become a recreation destination point.

The program can be viewed through the library’s website at https://bit.ly/3JSUOe0 and also on Zoom, where the meeting ID is 815 0577 7609.

For more information, call 360-681-4632 or email library@jamestowntribe.org.