Before a major environmental cleanup, there was the Enchantress, an abandoned work boat that was leaking fluids into Fidalgo Bay. On the uplands, and into the bay were remains of a plywood mill. Today the area serves as one of the popular spots along the Tommy Thompson Trail in Anacortes.
Time ran out this week on the Enchantress, a derelict vessel abandoned almost a decade ago in Fidalgo Bay near the old Anacortes Plywood Mill. By week’s end there will be no evidence of the derelict tugboat, identified by the state Department of Ecology as an ongoing threat to the environment. For past photos of […]
Anacortes is in the news this morning, thanks to local artist/historian Bill Mitchell’s campaign to save the Enchantress. This vessel, abandoned by an owner who has since died, lies derelict offshore in Fidalgo Bay near the former location of a plywood mill. While environmental protection plans call for the vessel’s removal, Mitchell and others suggest […]
After all, it IS October 31. Cold and clear yesterday, which makes for some great photo opportunities. This photo was taken from Fidalgo Bay Road, just above the former site of Publishers Plywood Mill. In the center is the “Enchantress,” a vessel that sunk and was abandoned.
There’s no float left for the Enchantress, a derelict tug abandoned in Fidalgo Bay at the site of the former Anacortes Plywood Mill. High tide on Tuesday morning found the vessel partially submerged.
The Enchantress, a tugboat dating back to the 1940s, is now a rusty derelict in Fidalgo Bay waters near what was once a bustling Anacortes Plywood mill. No word on when it will be removed. This photograph was taken Friday morning before the sun poked through the clouds.