George gravel pit. George gravel pit. Location is N of historic Burke, WA and NW of non-historic George, WA. George is not Burke. My friend Richard Waitt, like Bretz before him, properly refers to the site as Burke, the name of the once bustling hamlet located ~1.5 km south of the pit, along Beverly-Burke Rd. Burke is mentioned in early articles on the Channeled Scablands and has a place in the hearts of Scabland geologists. The placename has graced maps of Washington for man