Gaffney’s Lake Wilderness

Originally published in Flying magazine, September 1952

This “wilderness” is within easy reach for weekend vacationers whose highway is the sky

By Irving Petite

The 2,400-foot airstrip, adjacent to a luxurious $300,000 lodge, is one of the reasons why Washingtonians enjoy their lightplane flying. The Seattle architectural firm of Young and Richardson, Carleton and Detlie, designers of the lodge, recently won the grand honor award of the American Institute of Architects. In the citation the A.I.A. described the Lake Wilderness lodge as one of the three “most exceptional” buildings designed in the United States during the past four years.

Gaffney’s Lake Wilderness, a resort on one of Western Washington’s scenic and still largely natural lakes, recently completed construction of a 2,400-foot airstrip for the convenience of its increasing number of airborne patrons.

The private strip adjoins a modernistic $300,000 lodge which is supplemented by 70 family-style cottages and sprawling picnic grounds to accommodate 9,000 persons.

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