Stehekin, Washington
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Stehekin, Washington is a small town in Chelan County, Washington. Located at the northwest end of Lake Chelan, it lies just south of the North Cascades National Park at Template:Coor dms3. It is within Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, a unit administered by the National Park Service. Stehekin has fewer than 100 permanent residents, though its population swells during the summer with vacationers and seasonal workers.
Another town with a similarly small population and similar access is Holden Village, surrounded by the Glacier Peak Wilderness and located 12 miles up the Railroad Creek Valley from Lucerne, a boat landing on Lake Chelan.
There is no road access to Stehekin, though several miles of road exist there. It is reachable by passenger ferry or private boat from Chelan, or by floatplane. The vehicles in Stehekin have been barged there on Lake Chelan.