Bringing the Kalakala to Port Angeles

Steve Rodrigues, owner of the Kalakala, wants to bring the ferry back to Port Angeles.

Between 1935 and 1967 the Kalakala was a passenger ferry between Seattle and Bremerton and Port Angeles and Victoria. In the Seattle Worlds Fair it was the second most popular attraction after the Space Needle.

Rodrigues wants to build a marina east of the Red Lion where he would harbor the Kalakala. This development would also include condos and apartments, retail space and a welcome center for tourists. The Kalakala would be a floating restaurant and center for special events.

Rodrigues has been trying to do this same thing in Tacoma for the past several years, but he hasn’t gotten any funding.

I think this would be great for Port Angeles, if only…

And in other local news, the K.O. Erickson Trust, owner of the Gottschalks building in downtown Port Angeles, has decided to sit back and wait for opportunity to come knocking.