The Olympic Peninsula is dotted with communities with “Port” and “Harbor” in their names, once bustling mill towns, fishing villages, and logging camps that have adapted to the 21st century …
Port of Call
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Life can feel dreamlike in Post Falls, Idaho, as one walks the quiet streets lined with one-story traditional ranch-style houses, many sporting rusty wagon wheels as décor in their lawns. …
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Hidden away in what midshipman Joseph Sandford described as a “pretty little bay that is concealed from the Sound” is the town of Gig Harbor, Washington. Sandford served aboard the …
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It’s easy to picture Ladysmith historical figure and coal baron James Dunsmuir standing on the bluff above Oyster Bay of the eastern side of Vancouver Island in 1898 plotting how …
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At the center of spacious Bellingham Bay in the Salish Sea lies the most northern U.S. port city on the West Coast—Bellingham. Just a stroll on the Whatcom Trail away …
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Venture as far south in Puget Sound as your keel allows, and you’ll stumble upon Washington’s capital city of Olympia. The capitol building’s masonry dome (the fourth largest in the …
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Hayden Island is an understated, boat-friendly intersection for some of the Pacific Northwest’s grandest crossroads. Perched a stone’s throw south and upstream of the Columbia River and Willamette River confluence, …
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Our monthly destination travels to Mexico! La Paz, a gem at the south end of Baja California, is a world-class winter haven that should be on all bucket lists.
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Astoria, Oregon, positioned on the mouth of the Columbia River, is an one-of-a-kind maritime town with a rich history and lively, shippy culture. Local and longtime NWY contributor Peter Marsh …
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Hours beyond the influence of the I-5 urban corridor, and just 75 miles inside Cape Flattery, lies a welcoming and protected natural harbor at the steep northern gateway to Washington’s …
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Ballard, one part Scandinavian shipyard and other part trendy Seattle neighborhood, is a perfect Puget Sound boating destination.
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One has only to glance at a chart of Puget Sound to sense that the twisting tentacles of blue waterways translate to near-endless boating opportunities. Perhaps the most twisted, bluest …