West Sound Guide 2018
The West Sound Guide publishes in May and showcases all of the beautiful places and remarkable people in Kitsap county.
The West Sound Guide publishes in May and showcases all of the beautiful places and remarkable people in Kitsap county.
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WEST SOUND NEIGHBORHOODS<br />
Scenery, history makes Port Gamble special<br />
The company town built by logging<br />
and mills on Kitsap Peninsula’s northern<br />
tip is now a tourist’s port of call,<br />
where visitors wander the quaint<br />
streets of Victorian homes — some of<br />
which can be rented — and shops to<br />
catch a glimpse of the past or just gaze<br />
out on the scenery.<br />
Some of the past is making way for<br />
the future, and by visiting now you can<br />
observer a major ecological restoration<br />
— including removal of the old mill site<br />
— going on in Port Gamble Bay.<br />
There’s activity all summer here too<br />
— trail runs and mountain biking in<br />
7,000 acres of the adjacent forest and<br />
Port Gamble Heritage Park open for<br />
public use, a weekly car cruise and<br />
farmers market, ghost tours of the historic<br />
buildings, great eats at the renovated<br />
Port Gamble Cafe or a show at a<br />
community theater house.<br />
Weddings may now be the largest<br />
calling card, with a spectacular venue<br />
available overlooking the Strait of Juan<br />
de Fuca, an historic church nearby for<br />
ceremonies and events nearly every<br />
weekend.<br />
The bay clean up and a timber harvest<br />
project in the longtime Pope Resources<br />
forest just south of town are a<br />
significant development in the community's<br />
history.<br />
Cleaning up the mill site and bay is<br />
uncovering beaches that have long been<br />
unusable, and the logging operations<br />
are a once-in-a-generation chance to<br />
reforest the land for public use and pave<br />
the way for future residential growth on<br />
the town site.<br />
Port Gamble offers visitors a fun<br />
glimpse of its past, but it's important to<br />
have an eye on the future when you visit.<br />
WEST SOUND GUIDE PORT GAMBLE<br />
ART WALK<br />
First Friday: Along Rainier Avenue, 4-7 p.m.<br />
FESTIVALS<br />
Muddy Paws dog agility trials: July 13-15, mudpack.org<br />
Maritime Music Festival: August 11,<br />
portgamblemaritimemusic.com<br />
Port Gamble Paranormal ghost walks: Ongoing,<br />
www.portgambleparanormal.com<br />
Port Gamble Country Christmas: December,<br />
portgamble.wix.com<br />
MUSEUMS<br />
Historical Museum: 32400 Rainier Avenue NE,<br />
portgamble.com/visitin/museum<br />
Of Sea & Shore Museum & General Store:<br />
32400 Rainier Avenue NE, 360-297-7636,<br />
portgamblegeneralstore.com<br />
26 ❚ MAY <strong>2018</strong> ❚ KITSAP SUN WEST SOUND GUIDE
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