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Anacortes (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ k ɔːr t ə s / AN-ə-KOR-təs) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. [5] Anacortes' population was 17,637 at the time of the 2020 census. [3]
The Wilson Hotel (also known as the Wilson Block) is a historic building in downtown Anacortes, Washington, United States.It was built in 1890 during a speculative land boom when cites across northern Puget Sound were competing to become the western terminus of the Great Northern Railway's transcontinental route.
Skagit County comprises the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is included in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Puget Sound region, and it is known for its strong agricultural sector and annual tulip festival.
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Similk Bay and the Cascade Range from the summit of Mount Erie. Mount Erie is a mountain on Fidalgo Island in Skagit County, Washington, United States.It is on public park land owned and managed by the city of Anacortes and is located in the south of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands.
Little Cranberry Lake is located within Anacortes Community Forest Lands on Fidalgo Island in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington. The lake is deepened by a dam on the northern end which was constructed in the 1930s. The previous dam had broken in 1921 releasing a large amount of water which crashed down the hills to the ...
The Puget Sound Refinery is an oil refinery on March Point near Anacortes, Washington, United States. It is operated by HF Sinclair and is one of the largest employers in Skagit County . [ 3 ] The refinery has a capacity of 145,000 barrels a day, [ 4 ] making it the 52nd largest in the United States, in 2015, with facilities that include a ...