Photos by Tag: pacific
Getting a lift
A Pacific Pile & Marine barge crew works near the former Wyman’s Marina, next door to Randy’s Pier 61 Restaurant overlooking the Guemes Channel.
Elizabeth Bonaventure
The Sea Scout crew of Anacortes-based Elizabeth Bonaventure (right) goes through command drills as a competing crew sails toward the dock. According to a Saturday report from Erica Pickett, the long boat crews started the day off with a knot tying competition and left the dock with an inspector aboard each boat to observe the […]
Pacific Challenge
The long boat “Tuvaaq” and crew are silouetted against a Mt. Baker backdrop Saturday morning before the start of a Pacific Challenge ship’s boats competition in Anacortes. See Activities section for more photos.
Wiring the bank
An electrician works on the vertical sign of the Bank of the Pacific. This Commercial Avenue building once served as the community’s movie theater.
Pacific hues
Everything about this photograph is “Pacific Northwest,” from heron to hues of color on the Guemes Channel shoreline between Port of Anacortes Pier 1 and Curtis Wharf. A quiet Saturday morning before the annual rumble of motorcyles arriving for Oyster Run.
Now it’s official
Mayor Dean Maxwell partnered with Wallie Funk Monday morning to make it official at the city’s newest financial institution. With the snip of a ribbon, The Bank of the Pacific opened its first full week of activity at 801 Commercial Avenue. Pictured with Funk and Maxwell is Branch Manager Mike Trafton. Visiting from the bank’s […]
Old becomes new
One of the busiest people in Anacortes these days is Mike Trafton, pictured here outside the future Commercial Avenue entrance of The Bank of the Pacific. Trafton, who is branch manager and Vice President of Real Estate Lending, personally designed a new interior for the building which once served as a movie theater. On top […]
Plying the waters
Clouds hung low along the hills of the local islands Wednesday morning. This photograph of the tug “Pacific” was taken from the parking lot of the Guemes Island ferry.
Shoreline view
A curious onlooker leans into his view at Seafarers’ Memorial in downtown Anacortes, where work continues on a cleanup of the former Scott Paper Mill site. Just offshore is a crew from Pacific Pile and Marine, contracted by the Port of Anacortes.