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Chelan County Sheriff's Office

Nearly 100-year-old dynamite discovered in remote Chelan County

By www.kxly.com - RSS Results in news/local-news of type article Nov 12, 2026 | 9:24 AM

CHELAN COUNTY, Wash — A case of explosives were recently discovered in a remote area of Chelan County.

According to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office, a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) archaeologist found a case of dynamite buried near South Navarre Campground.

The explosives are believed to date back to the 1930’s. No word on how they may have ended up there.

Several law enforcement agencies, including the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad, worked together to neutralize the explosives.

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