Port Gamble: Community Resources and Visitor Attractions

PORT GAMBLE (Washington)

COMMUNITY RESOURCES & TOURIST INFORMATION

Port Gamble Portal (e.g. to the Ghost Conference, Oct 28/29th 2011 and other Events)
"MOUSETRAP"- Click!
AIR Photos, Directions & Maps
Real Estate
- Olympic Resource Management/ Pope Resources L.P.
- Pope Resources L.P. (Google Finance)
- Pope Resources LP
- Learn more about Port Gamble's Future
- Pope Divides 17,000 Acres on Paper; 'String of Pearls' Vision Intact Kitsap Sun March 7, 2009. Pope Resources, the largest private landowner in Kitsap County, has divided nearly 17,000 acres of forestland into roughly 20-acre parcels — but it's only on paper.
Community
- Port Gamble News [TOPIX]
- (EPODUNK)
- Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe & Reservation
  - Land & People & Lifestyle The Port Gamble S'Klallam Reservation consists of 1,340 acres of land held in trust by the federal government. There is no private land ownership on the reservation. Most of the land is in forestry with residential, business, and office areas.
  - Bill would return jurisdiction in civil court matters to tribes By John Stang, Kitsap Sun; Posted January 29, 2011 The Suquamish and Port Gamble S'Klallam tribes could request more control over what their tribal courts can cover under two bills going through the Legislature.
    The bills would allow tribes to request that the state give back some or all of its jurisdiction over several civil court matters that Washington legally took over in 1957 without tribal consent under the authority of a 1953 federal law.
  - Tribal members speak out against large-scale development in Port Gamble By Christopher Dunagan, Kitsap Sun; Posted January 28, 2011 ... members of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe came to Bremerton on Thursday night to make their case against possible plans for a major development near Port Gamble. Their passionate pleas were heard by city and county officials — members of the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council — who must decide whether a "fully contained community" should be a possibility anywhere in Kitsap County.
St.Paul's Church
Visitors & Tourist Information
- Archived Articles about Port Gamble (2006-8)
- Port Gamble on YouTube (Google Search)
- Maritime Music Festival "Imagine sitting in a natural amphitheater overlooking picturesque Gamble Bay on a warm August afternoon in the Pacific Northwest... Steeped in history, Port Gamble is the perfect place to have one of the West's few maritime music festivals."
- Open House: Plans for the Future
- Port Gamble Guest Houses "Our two historic waterfront vacation homes are situated in the picturesque town of Port Gamble on Washington's stunning Kitsap Peninsula. Overlooking the tranquil waters of Hood Canal, this quiet and private setting provides a wonderful refuge for a special occasion or just a weekend getaway."
- Weddings at Port Gamble "Imagine the opportunity to celebrate your love at our privately owned, 120-acre National Historic Landmark on the shores of Hood Canal. With charming turn-of-the-century buildings filled with antiques, an historic church, New England style homes on maple tree-lined streets, serene, wooded surroundings and a stunning waterfront backdrop..."
- The Team Room at Port Gamble "We are not just a Restaurant, We are an Event! Experience the charm and elegance of a by-gone era with a visit.."
- www.portgamble.com/
- What's New in Port Gamble? [pdf]
- Visit Port Gamble (Experience Washington)
- Port Gamble (Go Northwest)
- Port Gamble (Visit Kitsap)
- The Port Gamble S'Klallam Reservation "is located on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. It is situated on Port Gamble Bay, for generations an important natural resource for Native Americans." [Map Overview]
HISTORY
- Port Gamble History & Museum ["The Story of Port Gamble: A Rich Journey Through History"]
- Timeline (Google)
- Port Gamble: A town that finds its future in its past Seattle Times (Travel) 2005
- Walking Tour of Historic Port Gamble (pdf)
- Cyber Tour of Historic Port Gamble (Hist Link)
- William Talbot (History Link)
- Haida raiders kill Gustave Englebrecht, first U.S. Navy battle death in the Pacific, at Port Gamble on November 21, 1856.
- Puget Mill Co. sells Port Gamble mills to McCormick Lumber Co. on October 16, 1925.
- Buena Vista Cemetery (Port Gamble Historic Cemetery) Port Gamble, Kitsap County, Washington
- Battle of Port Gamble: 6th Annual Reinactment 2010 June 19-20, 2010 PDF Map
- Battle for Port Gamble [posted 2008, Washington Civil War Association, YouTube Video]
- Civil War Battle Re-enactment Blasts Into Port Gamble Kitsap Sun, by Andrew Binion Posted June 21, 2008
- Step into New England at Port Gamble National Historic Landmark, [Port Gamble has an interesting museum — and the village itself is like a museum.] Seattle Times, 26 Feb 2009.
- Port Gamble, Washington Managing Cultural Diversity on Puget Sound by: Jan Eakins (National Park Service) 1999. [http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/22-8/22-08-12.pdf] "Between 1852 and 1855, timbermen from the East erected 16 steam-powered sawmills on the shores of Washington Territory’s Puget Sound. Harbors there were secure, and timber was plentiful and easy to harvest. Trees grew so large a two-room house could be hollowed out of a stump...."

Weather & Tides

Businesses, including Retail

Shopping in Port Gamble [incl. Brochure on "Join us on the Port Gamble's Trail of Charms"]
General Store
- Port Gamble General Store changing hands [North Kitsap Herald, Dec 30, 2009]
The Dauntless Bookstore "We have a huge assortment of new and used books for you to choose from."
Quilted Strait "Shop for fabric by collection, designer, manufacturer or theme or browse our kits, our large selection of wide backings..."
Gamble Bay Coffee [4679 NE State Highway 104] "The BEST espresso in Kitsap County!"
Cogent Cloud Marketing

Environmental Pages

Land conservancies raising money to buy 7,000 acres of North Kitsap forest from Pope Resources Published Wednesday, August 31, 2011, Seattle PI Online. "If successful, the purchase would preserve from development the land and two miles of waterfront on the west side of Port Gamble Bay, keep it available for public access, and free Pope Resources' Olympic Property Group to concentrate on making Port Gamble a more viable year-round destination. Olympic Property Group president Jon Rose said he expects the agreement with Cascade Land Conservancy and Great Peninsula Conservancy to be signed within two weeks. He would not disclose the purchase price..."

Public explanation, education begins for Port Gamble Bay clean up By Brynn Grimley; Kitsap Sun; Posted March 9, 2011

Port Gamble cleanup wins Ecology honors [Washington State Department of Ecology : Ecology News - Jan. 26, 2005] BELLEVUE - The current and former owners of historic Port Gamble in Kitsap County are receiving the state's highest environmental award for their work in cleaning up contamination throughout the town. Pope & Talbot and Pope Resources will receive Environmental Excellence Awards from the Department of Ecology (Ecology) during a meeting of the Kitsap County commission on Monday, Jan. 31. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the Kitsap County Courthouse, 614 Division St., in Port Orchard.

CLEANUP Clams and oysters in Port Gamble Bay are ruled safe to eat. By Christopher Dunagan, Kitsap Sun May 1999 Mark up a rare victory in the war on pollution. Port Gamble Bay in North Kitsap has won a clean bill of health from state authorities. Bay gets OK from health authorities.
Oil Spill in Port Gamble (Oct 2005)
PORT GAMBLE BAY/GAMBLEWOOD SANITARY SURVEY PROJECT: Final Report (2001) [Kitsap County Health District]
Healing the waters: a holistic native American Indian approach June 2001/ From Geological Society of America
Other Clippings:
- MY TURN | Why gamble with Port Gamble Bay? Jeromy Sullivan is chairman of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe. Kitsap Sun, February 6, 2012 "... Many members of the community have serious concerns about this proposal, including the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, local environmental groups, and small businesses. If a dock is allowed at Port Gamble, it would be devastating to marine resources in the bay and, in turn, to the health, food supply, and economic and cultural well-being of many people. ..."
- Growing pains for Port Gamble Kitsap Sun, Posted February 1, 2012 10 Port Gamble businesses told Kitsap County commissioners that they're heavily dependent on tourism, and that a dock for tour boats could bring more visitors and an economic boost to the old mill town that's been reborn and rezoned as a Rural Historic Zone.
- Future of forests near Port Gamble in the balance Seattle Times, Sept 24, 2011 Owner Olympic Property Group wants to shed forests adjacent to Port Gamble and is in intense negotiations with local tribes, environmental groups and Kitsap County planners.....
- A new life for Port Gamble's old theater By Tristan Baurick , Kitsap Sun July 28, 2011, p.1 "... The newly-formed Port Gamble Theater Company is drawing back the dusty curtain for an opening night performance of "The Mousetrap," by Agatha Christie. Several more shows are in the pipeline, and plans are under way to expand seating from 150 to 250...."
- Port Gamble Project Seen as Potential Economic Boon for Kitsap Kitsap Sun 23 Jan 2010, by Brynn Grimley A tentative agreement announced last week between Kitsap County and the Olympic Property Group could lead to hundreds of millions of dollars in private investments over the next 20 years,... Under the partnership ... the county would take ownership of 7,000 acres of forest land while OPG would get increased development rights on property near Port Gamble. An undisclosed number of homes would be built just south of town.
Related Destinations:
- Hood Canal
- Port Ludlow (and Jefferson County)
- Bremerton & Kitsap County

Last Update: February 2012 (gk)
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