Hood Canal (WA) (Images of America) - Softcover

Fredson, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738548014 ISBN 13: 9780738548012

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Fjord-like Hood Canal channels beneath the snowcapped Olympic National Park, creating a summer paradise of warm days and inspiring scenery as well as a haven for marine life and watercraft. For eons, Twana Indians crisscrossed in canoes that sliced through water like salmon. The canal’s first tourist, Captain Vancouver, sailed a launch down the scenic route in 1792. For the next century, a mosquito fleet of tugboats, stern-wheelers, fishing boats, and barges ferried the men who came for logging or land. By 1889, lumberman and legislator John McReavy promoted Union City as “Venice of
the Pacific.” In the 20th century, canal use shifted from logging to recreation as wealthy Easterners, San Francisco expatriates, and artists founded hunting lodges, fishing resorts, and even an artist colony. The Navy Yard Highway introduced automobile tourism, and new resorts, including Alderbrook, soon dotted the shoreline. After World War II, families bought summer homes and ski boats. Now, in the 21st
century, kayaks and personal watercraft skim across the waters, and the canal is more popular than ever.

About this title

About the Author:

Author and fifth-generation area native Michael Fredson is president of the Mason County Historical Society. For this book, he has drawn upon the Mason County Historical Society’s archives and personal collections, from glass-plate negatives to local logging company photographs, to illustrate the Hood Canal region’s unique history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0738548014
• ISBN 13: 9780738548012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128