- The Highway 9 corridor from Sedro-Wooley to Kendal follows the Samish River Valley and then after crossing a very subtle divide follows the South Fork Nooksack River Valley. I previously noted the alluvial fans associated with steams that flow into the Sanish River Valley (alluvial-fans-altering-samish-river).
- The author mentions nearby Mill Creek. According to OpenStreetMap, there is a stream named Mills Creek just downstream on the same river (Samish River).
There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it.
Ecclesiastes 9:14 NIV