This summer, the Port of Everett Marina will host three tall ships at its South Visitor Dock located near Anthony’s Homeport restaurant. During their visit, the ships will offer free dockside tours and sailing opportunities to marina guests. Read the rest of this entry »

The Concert On The Pier Series is ready to go with the first concert slated for Wednesday June 23. Read the rest of this entry »

Everett, Wash. – The Port of Everett will partner with the Everett Parks Department to kick-off its 2nd Annual series of Working Waterfront Harbor Tours. The series consists of five tours exploring the Everett waterfront. Read the rest of this entry »

Victoria San Juan Cruises is now offering  3 day, 2 night cruises to the San Juan Islands for summer of 2010.   Until now there has not been a good way to fully experience these magnificent islands and marine wildlife close up unless you owned your own boat.   Victoria San Juan Cruises has now made this possible with this all inclusive tour where you will spend 2 nights ashore in Friday Harbor and your days exploring the inland waters of the San Juan Islands aboard the motor yacht Viking Star. Read the rest of this entry »

Spring brings an amazing variety of migratory birds into the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater area – in addition to the many resident songbirds, raptors, herons, Great Horned Owls and Bald Eagles.  There’s even a maternity colony of bats (yes, mammals, but they fly!) at Woodward Bay. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s official! As on October 30th, 2009, the Washington State Board on Geographic Names voted 5 to 1 in favor of naming the inland waters between Washington and british Columbia the “Salish Sea”.  Officially, there has been no name to associate these waters which include Puget Sound, the Straits of Juan De Fuca, San Juan Islands, Straits of Georgia and the Discovery Islands. Read the rest of this entry »