The Hiram H. Chittenden Locks, more commonly called the Ballard Locks, were created in 1917, part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal that connects inland lakes Washington and Union with the Puget ...

Seattle’s new downtown tunnel is an engineering marvel, but its trials and tribulations have nothing on another transportation phenomenon, one that took six decades to materialize and forever changed ...

Three years ago, a Washington state senator from Ferndale introduced a bill to study the costs and benefits of breaching the Ballard Locks. Republican Doug Ericksen, who died in 2021, didn’t ...

The Ballard Locks have played a critical role in the rise of modern Seattle. Maintaining this essential, 100-year-old facility should be a high priority as the nation invests in critical ...

Breach the Ballard Locks, Washington lawmaker suggests Jan 20, 2020, 6:07 AM The 1914 Salmon Bay Bridge, as it appears to hundreds of thousands of annual visitors to the Ballard Locks.

Elliott Bay, Lake Washington and Lake Union are connected. That means that fresh water and the briny drink combine. A locks cruise is a relaxing way to experience the storied waterways around Seattle.

Ballard Locks, 3015 NW 54th St. Seattle, WA 98107. Temporarily closed. 206-783-7059. Location. Website. The Walrus and the Carpenter. Washington state is a world-renowned oyster oasis, and the ...

At the Walrus and the Carpenter Oyster Bar, 4743 N.W. Ballard Ave., a few minutes after it opened on a Saturday afternoon, I snagged a parking spot in the restaurant parking lot a few steps from ...

SEATTLE – Life is an upstream struggle. For proof, watch salmon swim slowly and gamely up the fish ladder at Hiram M. Chittenden Locks – which bills itself as the city's third-most-popular ...

SEATTLE — Officials say a gray whale has been spotted in and around Ballard locks in Seattle in the past couple weeks. KOMO-TV obtained video and photos Wednesday as the whale swam and spouted ...

Explore Seattle like never before on a locks cruise, offering beautiful views of Puget Sound and interesting stories along ...