"Construction of SHIP is broken into three phases. Phase 1 is comprised of nearly 1,800 feet of 5 foot ADA approved compressed gravel path from the cul de sac, with observation platforms, benches, interpretive nodes, shoreline access and signage. Construction for this phase began in September 2010, and will be completed by year's end.

Phase 2 is a 1,020 feet 6 foot boardwalk trail that extends the project into the wetlands and further west towards the ferry terminal where it will eventually link with the WSDOT link to the ferry terminal. It will also have shoreline access points, interpretive nodes, bump outs and interpretive signage. The CIty of Anacortes has budgeted $275,000 in 2011 to complete this phase. Current planning would involve assistance from APF to provide project management and volunteer labor if needed.

Phase 3 is an outdoor teaching station and shelter with room for 30 students or visitors. It will have a natural floor, single wall to display materials, and perhaps a station to use educational programs by the SHIP Advisory Committee. Unfortunately this structure cannot be built until the issues with developers at the Edwards Way are satisfied. This would probably be a volunteer phase of the project.

Owned by the City of Anacortes, the Parks and Recreation Department, under the capable leadership of Gary Robinson, (also an APF Trustee) has the responsibility for completing the project. While SHIP continues to be monitored by its founder, Anacortes Parks Foundation, it is under the umbrella of the Parks Board, an advisory council for the City Parks and Recreation Department. Because the purpose of the project has to do with education, environmental protection, and public access concerns, a special committee consisting of naturalists, educators and scientists has been appointed to provide guidance on management of SHIP activities and programs. This body is under the capable leadership of Dr. Mark Backlund who has been a loyal and active member of the SHIP program since it began in 1995."

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Guemes Channel.
Ship Harbor is now home for the Washington State Ferry Terminal to the San Juan Islands and Sydney (Victoria) Vancouver Island B.C.

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Ship Harbor Cannery Ruins
Anacortes was often referred to as "The salmon canning capital of the world." The first cannery in Anacortes was opened in 1894, and by 1915 eleven canneries were built along the Guemes Channel on the north shore of Fidalgo Island.
"Ship Harbor was the site of two major canneries. The first cannery on Fidalgo Island was opened at Ship Harbor in 1894 the Fidalgo Island Packing Company. It would become one of the largest salmon canneries in the world. It later changed its name to Fidalgo Island Canning Company before closing in 1933 and moving to Canada. Two of its well-known labels were "Holly Leaf" brand salmon "packed fresh on Puget Sound" and "Wild Rose" brand. Another of the several local canning companies, Anacortes Canning Company, was also located at Ship Harbor. Alaska Packer Association purchased it in 1904 and it closed in 1934.
The banner year for the Anacortes canneries was 1913, when 39 million salmon were caught. Anacortes canneries alone did more than $3 million worth of business that year. There were later brief bursts of abundance, but overall, salmon runs permanently dwindled.
The many cannery buildings at Ship Harbor are all gone now except for some pilings, a few of the buildings stood there, abandoned, until the 1980's, when they were finally torn down. At one time, the cannery community at Ship Harbor included, in addition to the main cannery buildings and warehouses, bunkhouses and mess halls for workers, an office building, a general store, a blacksmith shop, a carpentry and paint shop, houses, sheds, pig pens, chicken coops, net houses and net racks." Anacortes Parks Foundation

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Guemes Channel.
Ship Harbor is now home for the Washington State Ferry Terminal to the San Juan Islands and Sydney (Victoria) Vancouver Island B.C.

Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve

Ship Harbor Cannery Ruins
Anacortes was often referred to as "The salmon canning capital of the world." The first cannery in Anacortes was opened in 1894, and by 1915 eleven canneries were built along the Guemes Channel on the north shore of Fidalgo Island.
"Ship Harbor was the site of two major canneries. The first cannery on Fidalgo Island was opened at Ship Harbor in 1894 the Fidalgo Island Packing Company. It would become one of the largest salmon canneries in the world. It later changed its name to Fidalgo Island Canning Company before closing in 1933 and moving to Canada. Two of its well-known labels were "Holly Leaf" brand salmon "packed fresh on Puget Sound" and "Wild Rose" brand. Another of the several local canning companies, Anacortes Canning Company, was also located at Ship Harbor. Alaska Packer Association purchased it in 1904 and it closed in 1934.
The banner year for the Anacortes canneries was 1913, when 39 million salmon were caught. Anacortes canneries alone did more than $3 million worth of business that year. There were later brief bursts of abundance, but overall, salmon runs permanently dwindled.
The many cannery buildings at Ship Harbor are all gone now except for some pilings, a few of the buildings stood there, abandoned, until the 1980's, when they were finally torn down. At one time, the cannery community at Ship Harbor included, in addition to the main cannery buildings and warehouses, bunkhouses and mess halls for workers, an office building, a general store, a blacksmith shop, a carpentry and paint shop, houses, sheds, pig pens, chicken coops, net houses and net racks." Anacortes Parks Foundation

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Guemes Channel.
Ship Harbor is now home for the Washington State Ferry Terminal to the San Juan Islands and Sydney (Victoria) Vancouver Island B.C.

Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve

Ship Harbor Cannery Ruins
Anacortes was often referred to as "The salmon canning capital of the world." The first cannery in Anacortes was opened in 1894, and by 1915 eleven canneries were built along the Guemes Channel on the north shore of Fidalgo Island.
"Ship Harbor was the site of two major canneries. The first cannery on Fidalgo Island was opened at Ship Harbor in 1894 the Fidalgo Island Packing Company. It would become one of the largest salmon canneries in the world. It later changed its name to Fidalgo Island Canning Company before closing in 1933 and moving to Canada. Two of its well-known labels were "Holly Leaf" brand salmon "packed fresh on Puget Sound" and "Wild Rose" brand. Another of the several local canning companies, Anacortes Canning Company, was also located at Ship Harbor. Alaska Packer Association purchased it in 1904 and it closed in 1934.
The banner year for the Anacortes canneries was 1913, when 39 million salmon were caught. Anacortes canneries alone did more than $3 million worth of business that year. There were later brief bursts of abundance, but overall, salmon runs permanently dwindled.
The many cannery buildings at Ship Harbor are all gone now except for some pilings, a few of the buildings stood there, abandoned, until the 1980's, when they were finally torn down. At one time, the cannery community at Ship Harbor included, in addition to the main cannery buildings and warehouses, bunkhouses and mess halls for workers, an office building, a general store, a blacksmith shop, a carpentry and paint shop, houses, sheds, pig pens, chicken coops, net houses and net racks." Anacortes Parks Foundation

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Guemes Channel.
Ship Harbor is now home for the Washington State Ferry Terminal to the San Juan Islands and Sydney (Victoria) Vancouver Island B.C.

Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve

Ship Harbor Cannery Ruins
Anacortes was often referred to as "The salmon canning capital of the world." The first cannery in Anacortes was opened in 1894, and by 1915 eleven canneries were built along the Guemes Channel on the north shore of Fidalgo Island.
"Ship Harbor was the site of two major canneries. The first cannery on Fidalgo Island was opened at Ship Harbor in 1894 the Fidalgo Island Packing Company. It would become one of the largest salmon canneries in the world. It later changed its name to Fidalgo Island Canning Company before closing in 1933 and moving to Canada. Two of its well-known labels were "Holly Leaf" brand salmon "packed fresh on Puget Sound" and "Wild Rose" brand. Another of the several local canning companies, Anacortes Canning Company, was also located at Ship Harbor. Alaska Packer Association purchased it in 1904 and it closed in 1934.
The banner year for the Anacortes canneries was 1913, when 39 million salmon were caught. Anacortes canneries alone did more than $3 million worth of business that year. There were later brief bursts of abundance, but overall, salmon runs permanently dwindled.
The many cannery buildings at Ship Harbor are all gone now except for some pilings, a few of the buildings stood there, abandoned, until the 1980's, when they were finally torn down. At one time, the cannery community at Ship Harbor included, in addition to the main cannery buildings and warehouses, bunkhouses and mess halls for workers, an office building, a general store, a blacksmith shop, a carpentry and paint shop, houses, sheds, pig pens, chicken coops, net houses and net racks." Anacortes Parks Foundation

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Ship Harbor, Guemes Channel.
Ship Harbor is now home for the Washington State Ferry Terminal to the San Juan Islands and Sydney (Victoria) Vancouver Island B.C.
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands, designated as part of the state highway system. The agency maintains the largest fleet of ferries in the United States at 22 vessels, carrying 24.2 million passengers in 2016. As of 2016, it was the largest ferry operator in the United States, and the fourth-largest ferry system in the world. Wikipedia

Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve

Ship Harbor Cannery Ruins
Anacortes was often referred to as "The salmon canning capital of the world." The first cannery in Anacortes was opened in 1894, and by 1915 eleven canneries were built along the Guemes Channel on the north shore of Fidalgo Island.
"Ship Harbor was the site of two major canneries. The first cannery on Fidalgo Island was opened at Ship Harbor in 1894 the Fidalgo Island Packing Company. It would become one of the largest salmon canneries in the world. It later changed its name to Fidalgo Island Canning Company before closing in 1933 and moving to Canada. Two of its well-known labels were "Holly Leaf" brand salmon "packed fresh on Puget Sound" and "Wild Rose" brand. Another of the several local canning companies, Anacortes Canning Company, was also located at Ship Harbor. Alaska Packer Association purchased it in 1904 and it closed in 1934.
The banner year for the Anacortes canneries was 1913, when 39 million salmon were caught. Anacortes canneries alone did more than $3 million worth of business that year. There were later brief bursts of abundance, but overall, salmon runs permanently dwindled.
The many cannery buildings at Ship Harbor are all gone now except for some pilings, a few of the buildings stood there, abandoned, until the 1980's, when they were finally torn down. At one time, the cannery community at Ship Harbor included, in addition to the main cannery buildings and warehouses, bunkhouses and mess halls for workers, an office building, a general store, a blacksmith shop, a carpentry and paint shop, houses, sheds, pig pens, chicken coops, net houses and net racks." Anacortes Parks Foundation

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