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WESTERN
FLYER NEWS on YouTube & Chapter 29 |
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Hood
Canal sunrise |
Mt.Washington
& Mt. Elinor |
Hood
Canal Perfect |
By
Cannery Historian,
Michael Hemp |
By
Hood Canal
Historian, Michael
Fredson |
By Hood Canal Historian, Michael Fredson |
The History Company and
Cannery Row Foundation
connections to the Western
Flyer began with the
creation of the Cannery
Row Foundation in Ed
Ricketts' Lab in 1983. By
1984 the Cannery Row
Foundation board
announced efforts to
acquire and return the
Western Flyer to Monterey
as a working non-profit
historical and educational
icon of Monterey and
Cannery Row's sardine
fishing and canning
heyday.
AUGUST
1 - 2
2020
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Virtual
75th Anniversary
Celebration of
John
Steinbeck''s
1945 "Cannery
Row"...
Cannery
Row historian;
Steinbeck, and
Ricketts
authority;
Featured Speaker
and Program
Consultant: Steinbeck
Festival 2020 at
the National
Steinbeck Center,
Salinas,
California. |
Feb.
3 2020 ![]() |
Cascade
Club of Tacoma
luncheon at the
Tacoma Country
Club, Lakeview. "New Horizon for Pacific Northwest History" and Tacoma's role. |
Feb.
20 2020 ![]() |
Tacoma
Yacht Club: Open
to the
Public—Admission
Free. Cannery
Row's Connection
to the Hidden
History of the
Maritime Pacific
Northwest, Ed
Ricketts'
development of
Ecology in the
PNW, John
Steinbeck &
the Western Flyer,
"The Sea of
Cortez," and
historic Tacoma
Waterfront as the
"Birthplace of the
Western Flyer." |
Jan.
30 2020 ![]() |
Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Forum, at the Cottesmore, 2909 14th Avenue NW, Gig Harbor. |
Jan.
26 2020 ![]() Review: |
HOOD
CANAL'S NEW
HISTORY at the
Alderbrook Golf
& Yacht Club,
Union, WA. Open to
the Public. Mason
County Historical
Society Lecture. ![]() MCHS
Newsletter event
review.
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Jan.
8 2020 ![]() |
"THE NEW HORIZONS FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST HISTORY" at Gig Harbor Kiwanis International Chapter 34 at Harbor Place at Cottesmore, 1016 29th Street NW, Gig Harbor. |
Dec.
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"The
New History of the
Pacific Northwest"
at the Weatherly
Inn, Highlands
Parkway, Tacoma.
1:30 – 3:00 PM.
Tacoma Historical
Society Lecture
Series. |
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Mason
County Historical
Society
presentation
aboard the cruise
of the Hood Canal
from the
Alderbrook Lodge
at Union to
Hoodsport, WA, and
return aboard the
"Lady Alderbrook." |
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17
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Fiero
Marine Life Center
and NOAA Olympic
Coast National
Marine Sanctuary Speakers Series:
John Wayne Marina,
Sequim, WA. 6:00
to 7:30 PM
followed by a
"Meet the
Author"and
booksigning. |
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Tacoma
Historical Society
Lecture
Series:
University of
Puget Sound,
Tacoma. Murray
Boardroom,
Wheelock Center. 7
to 9 PM, with book
signing. Free
Admission. |
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SEA
Discovery Center
(Poulsbo,
Washington) of
Western Washington
University •
speaking
engagement 6-7 PM.
Free. Archival
PowerPoint premier
of "Cannery Row
4.0" |
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•
Announcing the
publication of the
expanded "CANNERY
ROW, The History
of Old Ocean View
Avenue and Its
Connections to the
Pacific Northwest"
"Cannery Row 4.0" enters distribution; Special Offer direct orders; Click Here for CR 4.0 features and prices and for archival photo Power Point speaking engagements, |
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• The Spanish fish-packing history of what became Ed Ricketts' Lab, Pacific Biological Laboratories (by Robin Aeschliman) |
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• The newest Western Flyer Foundation (WesternFlyer.org) YouTube video of restoration of the Western Flyer by the Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op, Port Townsend, Washington. |
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