Steamboat approaching the Lopez Store dock

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This file appears in: 4. Lopez Stores Over Time

Steamboats would make regular stops from Seattle, Port Townsend, at several stops at each of the San Juan Islands, and then up to Bellingham. When they arrived at the Lopez dock, they brought goods, mail, and passengers.

This file appears in: 4. Lopez Stores Over Time

By Breton Carter
In the early 20th century, just about from here, a long pier stretched out into the water, towards the marker you can see in the channel. Steamships, like the Georgia, would deliver passengers and goods to “Lopez” — one of three centers of commerce…