Brookfield, Washington

Brookfield was a salmon-canning and fishing town located on the Columbia River in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States, from 1873 to 1957.

Brookfield was established in 1873, when J.G.Megler built a salmon cannery[2] in the sheltered bay on the Washington side of the Columbia River between Jim Crow Point and the mouth of Jim Crow Creek (then part of Pacific County, later part of Wahkiakum County).

Around 1880 the Finke Brothers opened a barrel manufacture plant on Jim Crow Creek at Brookfield.

A street of houses ran along a road that encircled the bay, then led along Jim Crow Creek back into valley behind.

In 1957, Crown Zellerbach bulldozed the remains of the town, in order to protect the timber from the risk of fire.

[10][11] Brookfield is situated in a bay on the North shore of the Columbia River, sheltered from Pacific storms by Brookfield Point on the West, and bounded by Harlows Creek on the East, which also provided the town with fresh water via a small dam and pipe system.

Originally the bay sported a wide sandy beach and easy access to deep water via the J.G.

Map of Washington highlighting Wahkiakum County