South Sound · WA

Gig Harbor

The Maritime City, named for a captain's boat.

Population: 12,029 (2020 census)
Platted: 1888
Incorporated: 1946

Then

1841
Charles Wilkes shelters his gig here in a storm, and the bay is named for it.
1867
Fisherman Samuel Jerisich arrives with Croatian and Scandinavian immigrants.
1888
Alfred Burnham plats the town.
1946
Gig Harbor incorporates on July 12.

Now

A fishing fleet still heads to Alaska each summer for salmon. This place includes Carr Inlet's Wauna and Hale Passage.

3 tide stations around Gig Harbor

Sources

Gig Harbor, Washington (Wikipedia)