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Marietta-Alderwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,906 at the 2010 census. Parts of Marietta-Alderwood were annexed into Bellingham in 2019.

Fort Bellingham (1856–1860) was a U.S. Army fort built to prevent attacks by Indians from Canada and from Russian territory, on the bayside villages of Fairhaven, Sehome and Whatcom. The site for the new fort was on a prairie that overlooked Bellingham Bay. It was the only open space on the bay and had a spring. A settler, Maria Roberts, had to be evicted to build the fort, but she and her husband were later allowed to build a cabin on the beach. The fort was built by U.S. Army Captain George E. Pickett and Company D of the 9th U.S. Infantry Regiment sent from Fort Steilacoom. Construction started August 26, 1856. The fort was an 80-yard square stockade with three gates. Two blockhouses of two stories lay at opposite corners, flanking the stockade walls loopholed for rifles and mountain howitzers. Within the stockade were wood-framed one-story buildings including the barracks, storehouses, officers quarters, mess hall, kitchen, and bakery. In July 1859, the Pig War broke out on San Juan Island when an American settler, Lyman Cutlar, shot a Hudson’s Bay Company pig. Brigadier General William S. Harney, Department of Oregon commander, learned that British authorities in Victoria had threatened to arrest Cutlar and dispatched Pickett’s company from Fort Bellingham to the island to protect American interests. In response, the British sent warships and a detachment of marines. While the opposing forces that summer were facing off at San Juan Island, Pickett’s men returned and dismantled pieces of Fort Bellingham including one of the blockhouses and reassembled them on the island’s southern shore creating "Camp Pickett" later called "Post of San Juan". What remained of Fort Bellingham was removed by units later occupying the San Juan Island post to improve or repair buildings in their camp. In 1861, the Washington Territorial Legislature asked the federal government to post at least one company at the fort to keep it open, but that never occurred. The fort officially closed in 1863. By then, only the blockhouse on the northwest corner and a few other structures remained. In 1868, the Army returned 320 acres (1.3 km2) to Mrs. Roberts, who lived there for many years thereafter and farmed the land. In 1897, the blockhouse burned down. Few traces of the fort remain today. The officer's quarters (that housed Capt. George E. Pickett and his Indian wife) is preserved at 910 Bancroft Street in the Lettered Streets neighborhood of Bellingham, Washington. The site of the fort is several miles north along the shore of the bay, closer to the mouth of the Nooksack River.

Cornwall Church (formerly Cornwall Park Church of God) is an Evangelical Christian megachurch in Bellingham, Washington affiliated with the Church of God Movement, with an average weekly attendance exceeding 2,500.

The Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) is a public library service for residents of Whatcom County, Washington. It has 10 library branches, a bookmobile, and other programs.

Bellingham Technical College (Bellingham Tech or BTC) is a public technical college in Bellingham, Washington. Although it awards some bachelor's degrees, it primarily awards associate degrees.

Squalicum Creek is a stream in Whatcom County, Washington, that flows through Bellingham, Washington, to Bellingham Bay. It drains an area of 22 square miles (57 km2).The Washington State Department of Transportation and the City of Bellingham have been working to improve the suitability of the creek, with headwaters in the Cascade foothills, as spawning habitat for pink, chum and coho salmon and cutthroat trout. From 2015 to 2020, the city government rerouted the creek around Bug Lake, an artificial pond created during construction of Interstate 5, to improve temperatures for fish and remove barriers.The creek, Squalicum High School, and other locations named Squalicum around Bellingham are named for the native word meaning "place of the dog salmon".

Whatcom Pavilion is a 1,200 seat multi-purpose arena located in Bellingham, Washington, United States on the campus of Whatcom Community College. It is home to the Whatcom Community College Orcas and the Bellingham Slam of the International Basketball League, as well as the Bellingham Roller Betties roller derby league.

Whatcom Community College (WCC or Whatcom) is a public community college in Bellingham, Washington, in Whatcom County. Established in 1967, Whatcom has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities since 1976.

Bellis Fair is an enclosed shopping mall in Bellingham, Washington, United States. Opened on August 4, 1988, it features JCPenney, Kohl's, Macy's, Macy's Home Store, Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW, H&M, Forever 21, Ashley Furniture, and Target. The mall is located along Interstate 5 at its interchange with State Route 539 (Guide Meridian Road) north of downtown Bellingham.

Baker Creek is a stream that flows through Whatcom County, Washington. It is a tributary to Squalicum Creek, which flows through Bellingham, Washington, to Squalicum Waterway in Bellingham Bay. In 2006, the city of Bellingham completed a significant stream and salmon habitat restoration project on Baker Creek.

Windward High School is the newest of two public high schools of the Ferndale School District (district 502), in Bellingham, Washington. Windward is part of the Small Schools Project, funded in part by a grant from the Gates Foundation, which seeks to establish small intimate learning environments within communities. Windward offers courses in Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Spanish, Japanese, Technology, Fine Arts, Performing Arts and Physical Education. With a very low student-to-teacher ratio, and a project-based education model, each course emphasizes collaboration among students and with faculty in a team-approach. The school does not offer sports or many after-school extra-curricular activities; instead its students frequently participate in these functions at the nearby affiliated Ferndale High School. There are several after-school clubs run by teachers, including a Tech Club which fixes and donates old computers. Due to financial reasons, the district shut down Windward High school at the end of the 2017–2018 school year. The last day was June 15, 2018.

Safe Return is a memorial to deceased fishermen at Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham, Washington, United States. It is adjacent to the fishing port of Squalicum Harbor. Designed by Eugene Fairbanks, son of sculptor Avard Fairbanks, it features a bronze statue of a fisherman casting a mooring line, symbolizing a return home after fishing. A scale model of the statue was produced by 1996, after several years of fundraising by a memorial committee and the Whatcom Maritime Historical Society. Following a public exhibition in 1998, the statue was erected at a public ceremony on Memorial Day 1999. Succeeding a simple plaque erected at Zuanich Point in 1975, the statue stands atop a large granite plinth featuring the names of local fishermen lost at sea. Since the monument's erection, additional names have been added. Plaques along the base of the monument depict scenes of regional nautical life, including reliefs of Squalicum Harbor and a depiction of a Native American fisherman.