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It also operates Kitsap Fast Ferries from Seattle to Bremerton, Kingston, and Southworth. [15] The small Jetty Island Ferry runs the short distance between the Everett Marina and the man made, unpopulated Jetty Island in the summer months for tourists. The Lady of the Lake ferry runs year-round from Chelan to Stehekin on Lake Chelan. [16]
Holden Village is located in the Cascade Range in Washington, in the Wenatchee National Forest. [3] [4] [5] Inaccessible by car, visitors (volunteers, guests, and through-hikers) generally take a ferry up Lake Chelan from Chelan or Fields Point Landing to Lucerne where they board a Village bus which takes them up an 11-mile (18 km) gravel road through a set of 12 switchbacks, and into Holden ...
Stehekin / s t ə ˈ h iː k ə n / [2] is a small unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington. The name "Stehekin" comes from a word in the Salishan language that means "the way through". [3] Stehekin has somewhat more than 100 permanent residents, [3] but vacationers and seasonal workers increase its population during the summer. [4]
Ferries were scheduled Sunday morning and afternoon to evacuate the boat-in-only community, with an American Red Cross shelter set up in Chelan. Gov. Jay Inslee encouraged Stehekin residents to ...
Nov. 1—Six possible names are being considered for Washington's next new ferry including Wishkah, after a tributary that joins the Chehalis River near Aberdeen. ... Stehekin and Muckleshoot. All ...
Woodin Avenue passes several resort hotels, a marina, and a terminal for the Lady of the Lake ferry that travels to Stehekin. [8] Near Chelan High School, Woodin Avenue splits from US 97A, which continues east onto Webster Avenue and crosses over the Chelan River near the Lake Chelan Dam. The highway then turns north onto Sanders Street and ...
Stehekin is a tight-knit community on the bank of Lake Chelan, a deep, 50-mile lake that curls through the North Cascade mountains — among the most rugged landscapes in the U.S. No roads connect ...
The closest international airport is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac), which is 120 mi (190 km) from North Cascades Visitor Center and 190 mi (310 km) from Chelan. In Chelan, the Lady of the Lake is a passenger-only ferry that transports visitors to Stehekin, and the trailheads hikers can use to access the southern end of the park.