Photos by Tag: ferry
Security team
A pair of U.S. Coast Guard boats cut across each other’s paths off the stern of international state ferry Elwha just a few minutes out of Anacortes. According to the ferry captain, Coast Guard escort by such teams is standard operating procedure in these days of heightened security. The boats are also a familiar sight […]
Weekend run
Despite power outages from weekend winds, travel to and from Guemes Island continued for islanders with places to go, people to see. The Guemes ferry, pictured here just after leaving Anacortes, is operated by Skagit County.
Bustling port
This photo from the parking lot of Randy’s Pier 61 captures activity at the Port of Anacortes. In the foreground, a petroleum coke truck from Shell Refinery on its way back to March’s Point after unloading. Also pictured is the Alaska inter-island ferry “Stikine,” just launched by Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) last Saturday. Looming in […]
Daily progress
Progress is now visible on a daily basis as Dakota Creek crews on the Anacortes waterfront work to complete construction of the Stikine ferry for the Inter-Island Ferry Authority (IFA) in Alaska.
Ferry exit
A state ferry swings toward the San Juan Islands just after leaving the Anacortes terminal at Ship Harbor. For a romantic outing take your favorite person, add picnic lunch and dessert from a local restaurant, purchase walk-on tickets to Friday Harbor and find yourself a quiet table by the window. If time’s an issue, you […]
Guemes ferry silouette
This small ferry operating between Fidalgo and Guemes islands generates controversy from time to time as Skagit County officials and island residents struggle to come to agreement on how to operate the system in a financially responsible manner.
Ship Harbor heron
I was on the beach to take photos of the state ferry when I startled this heron from its perch on a piling. What a gorgeous morning!
Ship Harbor terminal
Even when the clouds hang low, the Fidalgo Island coastline is beautiful. This was the scene recently from the Portalis Homes neighborhood above the state ferry terminal at Ship Harbor.
View from Portalis
This was the view Saturday morning from Portalis, a new, 13-acre residential community above the state ferry terminal at Ship’s Harbor. Passing by a docked San Juans ferry was an oil tanker under tug escort.
Terminal town
It is the state ferry terminal at Ship’s Harbor that brings many people through our community. This terminal handles both traffic to the San Juan Islands and to Sidney in British Columbia. Dramatic improvements are planned at the facility over the course of the next few years.
Cathlamet in drydock
State ferries sometimes stop in Anacortes without loading or unloading a single passenger. Currently in drydock for maintenance and repairs at the Port of Anacortes is the “Cathlamet.”
Morning moon
This image from “old town” Anacortes was captured this morning as a state ferry departed from the terminal at Ship’s Harbor. A beautiful full moon hung on the horizon.