Gig Harbor, Washington
Pierce County · Population 12,029 · Card no. 1040
A sheltered harbor town across the Narrows from Tacoma, settled by Croatian and Scandinavian fishing families.
- The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Galloping Gertie, collapsed in 1940 and its remains lie on the bottom nearby.
- The harbor is named for the gig, the small boat a survey crew took into it in 1841.
- Commercial fishing boats still moor here.
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