[caption id="" align="alignright" width="397" caption="Mid 1950s reef net boat construction at Chuckanut Bay"][/caption] Washington Rural Heritage recently published two new collections. Lummi Island Heritage and San Juan Island Heritage. These are two unique collections from the Northwest region our State. The San Juan Island Heritage collection features items from the Jim Crook Collection that tell the story of a respected San Juan Island pioneer. Jim Crook's family homesteaded English Camp in 1875 when Jim was one year old. Jim lived at English Camp until his death at the age of 93 caring for the land and people on it. The Lummi Island Heritage collection features items about the reef-net fishing technique that settlers on Lummi Island in the late 1800s adopted. It is a Native American Indian fishing technique that provided not only for personal food but also served as a basis for the development of a processing and canning industry that provided stable employment for Island inhabitants. More collections are soon to go live so please visit Washington Rural Heritage to see the collections or subscribe to this blog to keep track of the project.