Anacortes, Washington Anacortes, Washington Official seal of Anacortes, Washington Skagit County Washington Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Anacortes Highlighted.svg State Washington Website City of Anacortes Anacortes / n k rt s/ is a town/city in Skagit County, Washington, United States.
The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. Anacortes' populace was 15,778 at the time of the 2010 census.
It is one of two principal metros/cities of and encompassed in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Anacortes is known for the Washington State Ferries dock and terminal serving Lopez Island, Shaw Island, Orcas Island, and San Juan Island, as well as Victoria, British Columbia (via Sidney, British Columbia) on Vancouver Island.
There is also a Skagit County-operated ferry that serves Guemes Island, a residentiary island positioned athwart Guemes Channel, north of Anacortes.
Anacortes was officially incorporated on May 19, 1891.
In 1877, barns surveyor and town founder Amos Bowman moved his family to the northern tip of Fidalgo Island.
Bowman began promoting the region as an obvious end for the Northern Pacific Railroad as it was assembled through the north Cascades to the Pacific.
Anacortes is on Fidalgo Island.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.53 square miles (40.22 km2), of which 11.75 square miles (30.43 km2) is territory and 3.78 square miles (9.79 km2) is water. According to the Koppen climate classification system, Anacortes has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb).
Climate data for Anacortes (0) 0 (0) 0 Average rain days 17 13 14 12 9 8 4 5 8 12 17 17 136 The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.5% White, 0.7% African American, 1.0% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.6% from other competitions, and 3.3% from two or more competitions.
The Majestic Inn, Anacortes, Washington Anacortes is on Fidalgo Island.
It is surrounded by the north Puget Sound and San Juan Islands on three sides, and by the Swinomish Channel and the flats of Skagit Valley to the east.
First known as Ship Harbor, Anacortes was established with a name and a postal service in 1879 in the vain hope that it would be chose as the end of the transcontinental barns .
One is owned and directed by Tesoro (originally assembled and owned by Shell Oil), the Tesoro Anacortes Refinery, the other is owned and directed by Shell Puget Sound Refinery Company (originally assembled and owned by Texaco).
Refining remains the area's biggest industry, but the economic base now contains yacht construction/shipbuilding, tourism, and residentiary services for the close-by Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.
Anacortes is governed via the mayor-council system.
View of the downtown and marina of Anacortes, from the east Anacortes is a prominent destination for boaters and those traveling on to the San Juan Islands.
The town/city maintains a 220-acre (0.89 km2) town/city park on the northwestern end of Fidalgo Island titled "Washington Park".
As a result of Anacortes' adjacency to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the region provides opportunities for whale-watching.
The waters off of Anacortes and Fidalgo Island offer various varieties of marine-life, including three resident Orca pods.
Anacortes Community Forest Lands, 2,800 acres (11 km2) with 50 miles (80 km) of mountain biking and hiking trails, are a rare amenity in a town/city the size of Anacortes.
Anacortes hosts many long-distance cyclists, as it is the end of the Adventure Cycling Association's Northern Tier cross-country bicycle route, which ends in Bar Harbor, Maine.
The festival took place at various locations all Anacortes in a week in the middle of July.
The first weekend of August hosts the Anacortes Arts Festival.
The band The Lonely Forest originates from Anacortes William Cameron Mc - Cool (September 23, 1961 February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle pilot of Columbia mission STS-107.
Anacortes has four sister cities: Anacortes School District United States Enumeration Bureau.
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Anacortes.
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Wikisource has the text of the 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article Anacortes.
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