MONCTON - CEDAR FALLS

NAME: Moncton - Cedar Falls
COUNTY: King
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Snow in winter, mildly warm in summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer time (town is mostly underwater) 		COMMENTS: This area is used as a park and recreation area now.
REMAINS: Not much, and what is left is under water.
In 1906, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway was built through the Cedar River watershed to provide access for the water department workers and their families who lived in nearby Cedar Falls. In a short time, a new community was built on the rail line a half mile north of the generating station at Cedar Falls. Located along the shores of Rattlesnake Lake, the new village was named for one of its settlers, a Mr. Moncton. Submitted by: Eleanor Ashburn


Ralroad train crew bunkhouse and beanery (eating house).
Courtesy Eleanor


Hotel and restaurant in Moncton owned by Lucky Jordan, flooded in 1915
Courtesy Eleanor


Moncton flood, 1915
Courtesy Eleanor


Makeshift grocery store on high ground north of depot at Moncton,  1915
Courtesy Eleanor


Powerhouse foundation at Moncton railroad camp, 1993
Courtesy Eleanor


Flood at Rattlesnake Lake, June 28, 1915
Courtesy Eleanor


Flood at Rattlesnake Lake, June 28, 1915
Courtesy Eleanor


Flood at Rattlesnake Lake, June 28, 1915
Courtesy Eleanor


The original small depot building at Moncton in 1910. A larger passenger and freight depot was built here in 1911 and a year later, in 1912, the station was re-named Cedar Falls at the request of Seattle City Light.
Courtesy Allen Miller

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