Historic Hood River
Ferguson Point
4-28-2020
Notes
Anyone familiar with a spot called “Ferguson Point” at Lost Lake? This 1936 Alva Day image shows a sign which says, “Ferguson Point. Lost Lake first viewed from here by J. H. Ferguson and party August 1880.”
Based on several related frames, I believe Alva Day and friends built this trail and installed the sign in 1936. He was documenting the completed project.
J. H. Ferguson was a jeweler in Hood River in the 1890s. You can read a 1922 biography of Mr. Ferguson here.
Kenn
Inviting
Arlen L Sheldrake
great picture….Roger and I remember the family story that grandfather John H. for years as county judge would not let them pave the road to Lost Lake to keep Portlanders (now me) from ruining it.
L.E.
I can smell it.
Kenn
Possibly the SW shore just south of the cove, I see no other point.
Kenn
Arlen, no road at all to Wahtum Lake when the BSA
Camp Chinideer burned, only way in was Eagle or Herman creek trails.
L.E.
Arlen……my kids often talk about when they were kids they grumbled about the outsiders who came to our community to vacation and recreate. Now, that is who they are. I maintain, that like you, they are just coming back home.
Alan
Shadows suggest sun is coming from hard left, high in the sky, so the camera is pointed more or less West. Working from Google Maps, I'd guess near the boat ramp if “point” is taken to signify something nontrivial. But if whoever chose to name it had a sense of humor, and I prefer to think so, the sign may be on one of the minor shoreline wobbles.
Bill Seaton
Is this the point where you get such a great view of Mt. Hood?
Dale Nicol
The old boat ramp is east of the present ramps location.
There are two “open view spots” directly across the lake, from the boat ramp that gives you a clear view of Mount Hood.
Judy Judd
When my father visited my family in HR from Ohio, we drove up to Lost Lake to show it off. He looked at the crowds & the paved road & said
“Sure isn’t lost anymoreâ€. LOL
Kenn
One of my fondest memories, the Lost Lake Loop Trail, now only a memory. This picture is now my desktop and cannot imagine replacing it.