On a bluff, of a small bay, on the Olympic Peninsula, near the start of the arm of Puget Sound known as Hood Canal, is the small historical community of Port Gamble. A logging town founded in the mid 1800s, the nearby forests of the Olympic Peninsula provided an abundance of lumber that was milled and shipped from Port Gamble. By 1862 over 19 million board feet of lumber were being exported from the Puget Mill Company to countries around the world.
The restored examples of mid-19th century colonial architecture that comprise the Port Gamble Historic District have been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Port Gamble is on the way to places with names like Quilcene...
...or Lilliwaup or Robbinswold....
...and the best way to get there is by ferry.
...and if you miss a boat, well you just take in the view until the next one.
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