Canoes stop at Jamestown

  • By Emily Matthiessen Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Wednesday, July 26, 2023 1:30am
  • NewsClallam County
Baby Mackenzie of the Quinault tribe rushes to greet her father, Doug James, skipper of the Song Birds Canoe Family, as the canoe arrives at the Jamestown Beach on Tuesday. Canoes are expected to be welcomed in Port Townsend today before they go on to Port Gamble and Suquamish before arriving at the final destination of Muckleshoot on July 30. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Baby Mackenzie of the Quinault tribe rushes to greet her father, Doug James, skipper of the Song Birds Canoe Family, as the canoe arrives at the Jamestown Beach on Tuesday. Canoes are expected to be welcomed in Port Townsend today before they go on to Port Gamble and Suquamish before arriving at the final destination of Muckleshoot on July 30. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Baby Mackenzie of the Quinault tribe rushes to greet her father, Doug James, skipper of the Song Birds Canoe Family, as the canoe arrives at the Jamestown Beach on Tuesday.

Canoes are expected to be welcomed in Port Townsend today before they go on to Port Gamble and Suquamish before arriving at the final destination of Muckleshoot on July 30.

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