North Sound · WA
Anacortes
Ferry port to the San Juans, on Fidalgo Island.
- Population
- 17,637 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1891
- Refineries
- 1955 and 1957
Then
- 1879
Amos Bowman founds Ship Harbor, naming it for his wife Anne Curtis Bowman, and hopes for the transcontinental railroad.
- 1891
Anacortes incorporates on May 19, just after the railroad land bust.
- 1890s–1900s
Fishing, canneries and timber mills carry the town.
- 1955
The first of two oil refineries opens. Refining is still the biggest industry.
Now
Washington State Ferries sail from here to Lopez, Shaw, Orcas and San Juan islands. This place covers Deception Pass, La Conner, Padilla Bay and Lopez Island.
18 tide stations around Anacortes
- Anacortes, Guemes Channel0.5 mi
- Ship Harbor, Fidalgo Island3.0 mi
- Burrows Bay (Allan Island)5.2 mi
- Turner Bay, Similk Bay5.4 mi
- Swinomish Channel ent., Padilla Bay5.9 mi
- Strawberry Bay, Cypress Island6.2 mi
- Yokeko Point, Deception Pass6.9 mi
- Deception Pass St. Park, Bowman Bay, Fidalgo I.7.0 mi
- Cornet Bay, Whidbey Island, Deception Pass7.7 mi
- Tide Point, Cypress Island8.0 mi
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- Ala Spit, Whidbey Island8.1 mi
- Sneeoosh Point8.3 mi
- Armitage Island, Thatcher Pass8.6 mi
- La Conner, Swinomish Channel9.9 mi
- Telegraph Bay, Puget Sound10.0 mi
- Peavine Pass10.5 mi
- Aleck Bay, Lopez Island12.6 mi
- Smith Island17.0 mi