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Celebrate 118th birthday Lady Washington and
of North Head Lighthouse Hawaiian Chietain tall ships
ILWACO, Wash. — Washington
State Parks and Recreation
Commission and Keepers of
the North Head Lighthouse are
hosting the 118th anniversary
of the North Head Lighthouse
at Cape Disappointment State
Park on Saturday, June 4.
The Discover Pass is not
required; June 4 is a state park
free day.
The celebration will be held
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There
is parking at the expanded light-
house lot; additional parking
and a free shuttle will be avail-
able at the lot across from Cape
Disappointment State Park at
244 Robert Gray Drive.
The event will feature re-
freshments, a self-guided tour
of a lighthouse keeper’s home,
museum exhibits, a gift store,
sale of a North Head Light-
house special edition poster
by artist Don Nisbett, music, a
clown greeting one and all, and
two bird and plant tours of the
area at noon and 1 p.m.
The Conluence Project at
Cape Disappointment State
Park is joining the event to
SUBMITTED PHOTO BY STEPHEN WOOD/
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT STATE PARK
The North Head Lighthouse is
undergoing restoration. Its red
roof was painted black last year.
interpret its various Maya Lin
installations at the state park.
There will be interpretive
volunteers at the shuttle site, the
cedar grove, the Conluence
Boardwalk and the Fish Clean-
ing Table within the park.
North Head Lighthouse is
undergoing restoration and is
closed for tours, but an easy
walk leads to the lighthouse and
stunning views of the Paciic
Ocean and the coast. This is the
kick off day for the North Head
Lighthouse rafle, which will
directly beneit lighthouse res-
toration. The prize for the rafle
is a two-night stay at a keeper’s
residence for six, plus dinner
for six at the Depot Restaurant
during the stay, which must
be between October 2016 and
March 2017.
Phase 1 of the lighthouse’s
restoration was completed in
spring 2015. It replaced and
restored damaged metal work
throughout the lighthouse and
painted its red roof black, the
same color it would have been
over a century before when it
was operated by the Light-
house Keepers. Phase 2 work
is focusing on infrastructure
improvements: stucco repair,
brick masonry repairs, revised
electrical system design and
more.
Washington State Parks is
also applying for a $385,320
grant to improve access to the
lighthouse for people with
disabilities.
Call Janet Easley at 360-
665-5580 or Lona Niemi
at 360-642-2502 for more
information.
to lay anchor at Port of Ilwaco
ILWACO, Wash. — The tall
ships Lady Washington and
Hawaiian Chieftain will
call on the Port of Ilwa-
co June 2 to 6 and offer
excursions and tours to the
general public.
Ilwaco is the final
stop on the ships’ 2015-
16 academic year tour of
California, Oregon and
Washington coastal ports.
Lady Washington visited
Ilwaco last May, but has in
other recent years avoided
the port due to issues with
water depth.
The wooden-hulled,
engine-powered Lady
Washington has appeared
in several movies and TV
shows, including “Pirates
of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl,”
and “Star Trek: Genera-
tions.” The steel-hulled Ha-
waiian Chieftain specializ-
es in hands-on educational
programs for young people.
New for the Ilwaco visit
SUBMITTED PHOTO BY BOB HARBISON
The tall ship Lady Washington under sail at sea.
is a 15 percent discount
for online purchases of
four or more Battle Sail or
Adventure Sail tickets. For
example, guests can save
$45 on the purchase of four
adult Battle Sail tickets.
The 15 percent discount
option is available for on-
line purchases only at the
Historical Seaport website,
www.historicalseaport.org.
The discount is not avail-
able for phone or walk-up
orders. To order tickets by
phone, call 800-200-5239.
The ships’ schedules are
as follows:
• June 3: Walk-on tours,
4 to 5 p.m. on both ships,
$3 donation per person.
• June 3: Evening Sail, 6
to 8 p.m. on the Hawaiian
Chieftain, $45.
• June 4 and 5: Walk-on
tours, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
both ships, $3 donation per
person.
• June 4: Adventure Sail,
2 to 5 p.m. on the Hawaiian
Chieftain, $39 to $47.
• June 5: Battle Sail, 2
to 5 p.m., $39 to $75.
Three-hour Battle
Sails are recreations of a
typical 18th-century naval
skirmish, complete with
real cannon, real gunpow-
der, but no cannon balls.
Tickets are $75 for adults,
$67 for students/seniors/
active military, and $39
for children 12 and under.
Adventure Sails, also three
hours in length, feature
opportunities for guests
to help raise a sail, learn
a sea shanty, or take the
helm of a real tall ship,
conditions permitting.
Tickets are $47 for adults
and $39 for children 12
and under. Two-hour Eve-
ning Sails are similar to
Adventure Sails but priced
at $45 for all ages. A ticket
is required for all passen-
gers, including babes in
arms. Children 12 and un-
der must be accompanied
by an adult.
Both ships are scheduled
to arrive at their home port
of Aberdeen on June 8.