Bernard Peak

Drive-Up	Destroyed / Removed
Elevation: 5156′	Coeur d’Alene National Forest

History

1918 – 20′ Platform tower
1930’s – 40′ Pole tower with 7’x7′ cab
1948 – 40′ L-4 (500 ft north of summit)
1976 – Destroyed

Known Staff

1950

James Chamberlain (Sandpoint News Bulletin)
1953

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L & Lora R Thrash (Former Forest Fire Lookout Registry)
1965

Louise Stewart (USFS Photo Collection)
1967

Mr. Chad Kinzel
1969

Mr. & Mrs. William Heacox (Sandpoint News Bulletin)
1970

Mr. Randy Langston

Know more about who staffed this tower, or when? Let us know.

Our Notes

Read Chad Kinzel’s story about being a lookout at Bernard Peak here.
This was a pretty exciting location. There was a lot of lookout history here. We found evidence of multiple towers around the peak.

But the most exciting find was the partial engraving on a piece of concrete:
“R.L. 8-29”
We guess the initials were left by a CCC Boys crew. I am unsure whether this was August 29th, and the year was broken off this piece, or if it was just August of 1929. The 40′ pole tower was built in 1930, according to the data we have found.