Photos by Tag: breakwater
Unique breakwater: 50 years ago
Brother Nick Steen from Georgia shared this photo he took about 50 years ago! La Merced, serving as a breakwater at Lovric’s SeaCraft on the Guemes Channel in Anacortes. Also attached is a more up to date photo I took a couple of years back.
Anacortes home to historic schooner ‘La Merced’
By Steve Berentson While all but a handful of wooden ships from the heyday of Pacific Northwest shipping are gone and forgotten, the schooner “La Merced” still catches the eye and sparks the imaginations of visitors to the north shore of Fidalgo Island. Granted, the storied vessel has been stripped of masts and deck fittings, […]
On land and sea
There are a number of pieces of heavy equipment working the Anacortes shoreline these days, but the most interesting is this crew building a new breakwater outside of Cap Sante Boat Haven. The existing breakwater will eventually be removed by Port of Anacortes contractors.
Changing waterfront
This photograph from Cap Sante offers a birdseye view of activities on part of the Fidalgo Bay shoreline adjacent to Cap Sante Boat Haven. The beach serves as a staging area for environmental cleanup and construction of a new breakwater for the marina. Visible in the center left is the marine skills center, under construction […]
Breakwater south section
Visible here from Cap Sante (upper left) is the south section of the new breakwater being constructed by the Port of Anacortes. The current breakwater, located near the base of Cap Sante, includes creosote pilings. It will ultimately be removed. In addition to the breakwater construction, shoreline activity by the Port includes an environmental cleanup […]