Photos by Tag: Port of Anacortes
Site work begins on downtown waterfront
Site work is under way on part of the Fidalgo Bay waterfront property owned by MJB partnership. This work will include grading, construction of roads, curbs and sidewalks and installation of utilities. There will also be infrastructure installed to treat stormwater runoff. A waterfront walk, or esplanade, is planned as an extension of the Tommy […]
Anacortes port commissioners: late 80s
For decades after the Anacortes Port District’s establishment in the Twenties, elected leadership consisted of three board members (now five). Pictured here in the late Eighties are commissioners (l. to r.) Don Childs, Ben Root and Merrill Thibert.
Winter working waterfront
Like the postal service, weather rarely impedes the work being done at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) on the Anacortes watefront. This image was taken on a moderate sunny Saturday morning. Among those vessels pictured are two ferries and a classic Dunlap tugboat. DCI is a tenant of the Port of Anacortes, a public taxing district […]
‘Celebration of Trees’ fundraiser: 2007
Christmas past. A few photos from December 2007, when the Island Hospital Foundation and the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce hosted the “Celebration of Trees: Magic of Christmas” fundraising event. The Port of Anacortes was a partner as well, providing the Transit Shed as a venue, and the Ives Family lent Frosty the Snowman cutouts.
Issaquah in dry dock: 2002
State ferry Issaquah out of the water for maintenance, Dakota Creek Industries, Port of Anacortes Pier 1.
Curbside campaigning intensifies
With mail-in ballots arriving at Anacortes homes last week, candidates are competing for voter attention by methods ranging from mailbox flyers and newspaper ads to highway billboards and truck-mounted signs. There has also been an increase in “curbside campaigning,” primarily at this community’s high visibility 12th Street/Commercial Avenue intersection. When I drove by the intersection […]
Anacortes cannery history: May 2007
Port of Anacortes and City of Anacortes officials put a team together in 2007 to create and post colorful interpretive signs focused on businesses that once established Anacortes as “The Salmon Canning Capital of the World.”
American Constellation cruises Guemes Channel
Cruise ship American Constellation heads up Guemes Channel Monday morning on the way to the Port of Anacortes’ historic Curtis Wharf.
Doing business on the waterfront
Cruise ship American Constellation positions for fuel at Port of Anacortes Curtis Wharf. On hand this morning to supply fuel for the ship were two trucks from Reisner Distributor, Inc. of Anacortes. Also injecting some “fuel” into the local economy will be the cruise ship passengers who spend some time in the city’s commercial district. […]
Shoreline changes: 2010
The Port of Anacortes has presided over several major projects at Seafarers’ Memorial Park. This scene, taken from Cap Sante, shows work accomplished in the summer of 2010.
Jazz Festival on wharf: 2007
A scene from the 2007 Anacortes Jazz Festival, featuring artists including Marc Seales, Michael Powers and the Yellowjackets. The Chamber-sponsored festival was held at Curtis Wharf.
Race Week enlivens Anacortes
Reports are that is has been a great couple of days of sailing for Race Week Pacific Northwest, based in Anacortes out of Cap Sante Marina. Here are a few scenes from the marina, where activity spills out not only to surrounding waters but to the business community as well. Remember, this is a pubic […]