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The Anacortes–San Juan Islands ferry is a system of ferry routes operated by Washington State Ferries in the United States. The routes serve Anacortes, Lopez Island, Shaw Island, Orcas Island, San Juan Island, and Sidney on Vancouver Island in Canada. [2] [3] Sidney service was suspended in March 2020 and is not planned to resume until 2030.
Samish parked at Colman Dock in Downtown Seattle shortly after she was accepted by Washington State Ferries in April 2015. The MV Samish rounds Lopez Island, heading for Anacortes from Friday Harbor. Taken from the MV Hyak. MV Samish is the second vessel of the Olympic-class auto ferries built by Vigor Industrial for the Washington State ...
The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. [3] WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. [4] The state ferries carried an average of 59,900 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.
The Keller Ferry carries State Route 21 across Lake Roosevelt on the upper Columbia River between the Colville Indian Reservation and Clark. It is operated by WSDOT and was the first ferry operated by the state of Washington. [5] The Guemes Island ferry from Anacortes 5 minutes north to Guemes Island is operated by Skagit County, Washington. [6]
The MV Hyak is a Super-class ferry that was operated by Washington State Ferries. Built in 1966 at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard in San Diego, the ferry began service on July 20, 1967, and normally ran on the Seattle–Bremerton route or the Anacortes–San Juan Islands run. Hyak is Chinook Jargon for "speedy". [1]
Lopez Island is the third largest of the San Juan Islands and an unincorporated town in San Juan County, Washington, United States. Lopez Island is 29.81 square miles (77.2 km 2 ) in land area. The 2020 census population was 3,156, [ 1 ] though the population swells in the summer, as second homes, rental houses, and campsites fill up.
Passenger-only ferries serve more islands. Passenger-only ferry service is usually seasonal and offered by private business. San Juan Cruises offers charter service to Eliza Island, Sinclair Island, Blakely Island, Orcas Island, Lopez Island and daily seasonal service to San Juan Island from the Bellingham Cruise Terminal in Bellingham, Washington.
MV Elwha was a Super-class ferry in the Washington State Ferry System. The 382-foot (116 m) vessel entered service in June 1968, and spent most of her career working the Anacortes-San Juan Islands-Sidney B.C. route. [1] Elwha was retired in 2020 and set to be scrapped in 2024 until the sale was cancelled amid contract issues.