Fishing boats, including the “Oregon,” tied up on Guemes Channel next door to historic Port of Anacortes Curtis Wharf.
Wow, it’s been 20 years. Photos from Canoe Journey, July 2005. Landing at Samish community facility, Fidalgo Resort, Fidalgo Island.
Deception Pass Bridge as viewed from Pass Island, August 2004.
It was reunion time in Anacortes: 2007. The occasion was an All-Class AHS Reunion at the high school. Pictured here are 1940 alums Norma, Mary, Larry and Bud. I knew the two men: Larry Trulson and Dr. Bud Strom. What a great event this was!
Looking back to 2003: “Frank Michaud gets up at the crack of dawn … and hundreds of hungry Anacortes residents are glad he does. Frank is owner and chief baker at The Store, a business with deep roots in this community. Old timers knew the store as “Jorgie’s,” and even older timers knew it as […]
Pictured here is a “Traveling Tribute” scale model of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. This model was on display in the parking lot of the Swinomish Casino in August 2011. Share this:
Anacortes Chamber of Commerce Executive Mitch Everton and Joe Schulndt of Shell Puget Sound Refinery preside over the unveiling of the 2007 Waterfront Festival poster. Event host was Burton Jewelers.
Photo of the “Goose,” September 9, Guemes Channel.
Aerial of Deception Pass from the east, Summer of 2015.
It was June 2021 when I was starting a hike at Rosario Head. I saw a seal approaching so I moved closer to the water for a photo. Turns out it was “Elsie Mae” the elephant seal, who subsequently gave birth on a Bowman Bay beach nearby. She is now a perennial visitor to Fidalgo […]
In recognition of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, I present this vintage salmon canning label from the Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Inc. of Anacortes.
These photos of the Anacortes Fire Department crews dates back 25 years! Photos appeared in “Briefings,” the City of Anacortes community newsletter.