Looking Back
Opening Day Boating Season: 2013
Scenes from Opening Day of Boating Season 2013, hosted by the Port of Anacortes at Cap Sante Marina. There was no 2020 event due to COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings. Activity on local waters is starting to pick up, however. Sunny blue summer days have an amazing power to draw folks out.
Anacortes welcomes news of refinery: 1953
Sixty-seven years ago this week, local newspaper publisher Wallie Funk finally shared in his newspaper what he had learned earlier from sources who swore him to secrecy. On June 2, 1953, local paper carriers scrambled up and down Commercial Avenue hawking a special edition of the American Bulletin newspaper. The front page featured only four […]
Aerial photo 1967
I received this photo from Lou Bergeson, a 1967 aerial of the area that includes March’s Point and the two refineries. Lou’s late husband Dick worked at the Shell Refinery (now Marathon) for many years before retirement. Thanks to “the original Anacortes refinery,” now Marathon, for use of the image.
Port hosts Paperboys: 2009
The Port of Anacortes Summer Concert series was a new concept in 2009, when this photo of a crowd gathered to hear the Paperboys was taken near the Cap Sante Marina boat launch.
New art, New Wilson: 2007
This photo of a crew applying wall disks to art image on the New Wilson Hotel was taken in July 2007. The rendition of city namesake Annie Curtis was selected to adorn the south wall of the historic Anacortes building that now serves as public housing.
Eagle perches at Canoe Pass
It was 2013 when I glanced to the south cliff of Fidalgo Island from Canoe Pass Bridge and spotted this eagle. I have never seen an eagle on that snag since, so I am pleased to have this image in my archives.
Memorial Day 2013 in Anacortes
Flags were flying up and down Commercial Avenue in Anacortes as this seaside city joined countless other American communities in acknowledgement of Memorial Day 2013. Pictured here is the “Traveling Tribute” scale model of the Vietnam War Memorial. This model was on display in August 2011 in the parking lot of the Swinomish Casino. Anacortes […]
Summer’s eve Fidalgo Bay: 2011
Sailboats on Fidalgo Bay, August 2011, as evening sun reflects off of the stern of an oil tanker on Fidalgo Bay.
Canoe Pass lights & shadows
This June 2013 photo shows a fisherman headed from light into shadows at Canoe Pass.
Tall ships love Anacortes: 2010
Tall ships Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washington (right) at Cap Sante Marina during a 2010 visit to Anacortes.
Rowing Fidalgo Bay: 2012
Old Anacortes Rowing and Sailing Society rowers “Glide” past the gazebo at Cap Sante in the summer of 2012.
Waterfront Festival past
It was May 2007 when these representatives of Washington State Ferries (WSF) hosted an informational booth at the Chamber-sponsored Anacortes Waterfront Festival. The festival, a family-friendly celebration of all things maritime, has been cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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