- Ferndale — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Ferndale is located in western Whatcom County approximately six miles northwest of Bellingham; the Nooksack River runs through the city. At a juncture where the Lummi Nation, Nooksack Indian Tribe, and the Semiahmoo fished, hunted, and foraged, the area that became Ferndale began to take shape when non-Indian settlers made their way upriver…