PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles waterfront will be on display during the first-ever Waterfront Day from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Waterfront Day activities will stretch 1.5 miles from the west end of the Boat Haven Marina to City Pier.
Tours, demonstrations, information and display booths, a scavenger hunt and activities for children are planned during the day sponsored by the Port of Port Angeles and the Port Angeles Yacht Club.
“The event will allow visitors to see behind-the-scenes in locations they normally are not allowed,” said Holly Hairell, port public relations manager.
Free shuttles
Visitors can use a free shuttle bus, accessible from any designated shuttle stop along the route, or walk the route, Hairell said.
Each stop will be marked with large red “bus stop” lettering. Visitors can begin the tour at any point, she said.
Hairell said staff in orange vests will be at each location with maps and lists of activities, as well as instructions for a scavenger hunt.
From the east parking lot, just east of the intersection of Marine Drive and Tumwater Street, visitors can access guided tours of the Platypus Marine repair shops and to Westport Yachts’ assembly bay.
The tour also will introduce the newly renamed diner, the Jig and Lure Fish Co., located next to the west parking lot.
Tours of the port’s terminals 1 and 3, where the large tankers dock, and the Peninsula Plywood cleanup site will be accessible for riders on the westbound shuttle, Hairell said.
Access to the terminals will be limited to the shuttle tours only.
Waterfront Trail
From Platypus, visitors can walk along the Waterfront Trail to the Valley Creek Friendship Bridge and see the new pocket beaches on their way to the next event area.
They also can take the shuttle from the parking lot to the east entrance of the park at Oak and Railroad streets, where fishing and technology displays are planned.
Drone technology and demonstrations of drones by Pacific Rim Hobby also will be located at the park.
At the west Boat Haven parking lot, displays and presentations from several groups will go on throughout the day.
At the log yard, heavy equipment and its operators will be on hand.
Yacht club
The Port Angeles Yacht Club will host its annual open house, with tours of sailing and power boats.
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Marine Unit will display its patrol boat and offer free vessel safety checks while members of Feiro Marine Life Center’s ROV club will demonstrate their remotely operated submersible vehicles.
At the west parking lot, the Port Angeles High School will display a competitive sailing dinghy, and the Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps will have a display.
Children’s activities are planned at the easternmost shuttle stop at The Landing mall, and the Feiro Marine Life Center on City Pier will be open.
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