The more-than a dozen signs, in groups of three called Discovery Points, are spaced out along the trail and are just part of an interpretive program which includes new educational walks along the shoreline and a new Web site. Three walks are set for this weekend as part of the Waterfront Festival.
There will be a walk at 10am Saturday to explain the history and restoration of Seafarers' Park, to be led by Betty Carteret of Friends of Skagit Beaches, with Sandra Caldwell of the Dept. of Ecology. Then, at 2pm Saturday, there will be a walk starting at the old Custom Plywood Mill cleanup site on 34th St. where the Tommy Thompson Trail crosses. And, on Sunday at 10am, learn about the early Anacortes maritime scene, with a talk starting at 10am at the Cap Sante Marina office.
The program is designed to raise awareness and participation in Ecology's Anacortes Baywide Cleanup program which has cleaned up several contaminated sites of old manufacturing plants along Fidalgo Bay.