La Conner
This side trip is an 11 mile round trip drive across La Conner flats to the La Conner historic district along the Swinomish Channel.
This side trip is an 11 mile round trip drive across La Conner flats to the La Conner historic district along the Swinomish Channel.
The side trip crosses the flats where sloughs and marshes attract great numbers of waterfowl and bring many hunters during the shooting season. This is an area of marshes and sloughs at the mouth of Swinomish Channel, with several heritage barns along the road.
Learn more about La Conner FlatsThis unique monument is a granite shaft with pictorial reliefs of early scenes around its base. The monument was erected in 1936 and dedicated to early local pioneers.
Learn more about Pioneer MonumentA trading center for much of the Skagit River Delta country adjacent to Skagit Bay. In 1867, it started as a trading post. A year later a post office was established using the name Swinomish. In 1869, when John S. Conner purchased a store he changed the name to the present form, which is his last name preceded by his wife Louisa Ann's initials. The La Conner historic district encompasses...
Learn more about La ConnerCross the slough across the National Register of Historic Places listed Rainbow Bridge. Pioneer Parkway used to lead to the Swinomish Native American Tribal Community. A scattering of small boats would lie at the water’s edge, with an occasional dugout canoe of traditional native design.
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