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Wooden Pier District (Pier 54-59)

Seattle’s European settlers set the course for the new community in the early 1850s when a pioneer used a horseshoe on the end of a rope to find a new deepwater harbor on the east side of Elliott Bay. Seattle’s central waterfront district grew quickly, becoming the focal point for maritime commerce from the construction [...]

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Dockton

The community of Dockton on Maury Island’s Quartermaster Harbor grew up around a drydock that opened in the late 1890s. A general store close to the water served visitors who depended on a fleet of small steamers to travel to and from the island. In 1903, the Dockton Post Office opened with Albert Nilsen as [...]

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Britannia Heritage Shipyard

The Britannia Heritage Shipyard is an authentic representation of a once thriving community of canneries, boat yards, residences and stores. City of Richmond staff and dedicated volunteers work together to preserve and restore the shipyard and surrounding buildings as an active wooden boat centre and waterfront park. Tour the oldest shipyard buildings in British Columbia, [...]

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Oysterville National Historic District

The California Gold Rush of 1849 drew the first significant numbers of Anglo-European settlers to Willapa Bay, which native peoples had exploited for centuries as a food source. The settlers created the town of Oysterville, where they harvested wild oysters and sold them to markets up and down the west coast. Within a few years, [...]

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Port Gamble Historic District

Founded in 1853 on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula, Port Gamble was one of the earliest and most important lumber-producing centers on the Pacific Coast. Schooners and squared-rigged sailing ships loaded the products of the Port Gamble Mill for destinations all along the Pacific Rim. The founders, including Andrew Pope and Capt. William [...]

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