Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Hood Canal Author

SILVERDALE, Wash. - May 21, 2014 - PRLog -- Fjord-like Hood Canal channels beneath the snowcapped Olympic National Park, creating a summer paradise of warm days and inspiring scenery as well as a haven for marine life and watercraft. For eons, Twana Indians crisscrossed in canoes that sliced through water like salmon. The canal’s first tourist, Captain Vancouver, sailed a launch down the scenic route in 1792. For the next century, a mosquito fleet of tugboats, stern-wheelers, fishing boats, and barges ferried the men who came for logging or land. By 1889, lumberman and legislator John McReavy promoted Union City as “Venice of the Pacific.” In the 20th century, canal use shifted from logging to recreation as wealthy Easterners, San Francisco expatriates, and artists founded hunting lodges, fishing resorts, and even an artist colony. Now, in the 21st century, kayaks and personal watercraft skim across the waters, and the canal is more popular than ever.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Mason County Historical Society, enabling the group to continue its efforts of collecting, preserving and exhibiting its archival collection.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

10000 Mickelberry Rd NW, Silverdale WA 98383

When: Friday, June 6^th, 2014; 11:30 —1:30 p.m.

Author and fifth-generation area native Michael Fredson is president of the Mason County Historical Society. For this book, he has drawn upon the Mason County Historical Society’s archives and personal collections, from glass-plate negatives to local logging company photographs, to illustrate the Hood Canal region’s unique history.

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