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Historic buildings in Block 22 provide a glimpse into living conditions and daily activities at the camp. This short trail loop from the visitor center is a top destination for those who are limited on time.

The Maritime Washington National Heritage Area tells a nationally important story of maritime heritage, from Native American canoe cultures to industrial working waterfronts, that shaped western Washington and contributes today to our development as a nation.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. In 1942, Executive Order 9066 that moved nearly 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans into 10 isolated war relocation centers in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Minidoka National Historic Site tells one of these stories.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 giving the War Department authority to create zones from which Japanese Americans were excluded. The first exclusion area designated was Bainbridge Island. On March 30, 1942 the Japanese Americans living on Bainbridge Island were gathered at Eagledale Ferry Dock and sent to an incarceration camp in Manzanar, CA before being tranferred to Minidoka in Idaho.

This site helps interprete the homesteading period in Idaho after WWII and contains a portion of the original footprint of the Minidoka Relocation Center, a Japanese American incarceration center.

Built by Minidoka incarcerees, the Swimming Hole once served as a place of recreation, relief from the desert heat, and nostalgia for the waterscapes of the West Coast. From the Swimming Hole, you can cross the street to the Visitor Center, or you can follow the trail on a secluded stroll past the Northside Canal and barbed-wire fence.