Historic Themes - Draft Ideas
As part of the process of determining how to provide interpretation of the Maritime History of Lake Union, Seattle and The Pacific Northwest, Dick Wagner, CWB's founding Director and Lorraine McConaghy, MOHAI Historian, have been working to identify key historic themes for continued research.
Please see the extended content below, and should you have any ideas for further themes or sub-themes please feel free to email us or submit your comments by selecting the comment link below.
Draft Ideas about Historic Themes
The First People
• The Area’s Native Americans and Their Boats
• The Duwamish
• Chinook Trading Ground
• Saaduuts and Carving Cultural Connections
• Different designstraditional of Northwest canoes
• Modern Native canoe construction
• Canoe Culture in the present day
Seattle’s History, Told Through Boats
• The Exploration and Charting of the Pacific Northwest: George Vancouver & the Discovery
• Charts, Charting, and Navigational Instruments
• Captain Charles Wilkes
• The Denny Party
• The Mercer Girls
Transportation
• The Mosquito Fleet
• The Gold Rush
• Auto Ferries and the Kalakala
Lake Union as a Home Port
• Reserve Fleet of WWI
• Schooners
• WWII boats
• Fantome (The Guinness Yacht)
Historical Lake Union
• The Denny Sawmill
• The Lake Union Water Buses
• Seattle’s first train
• The “union” made by the cuts, canal, and locks
• Denny Regrade & the plan to regrade Queen Anne into Lake Union
• The changing appearance of the lake (historical photos)
• The “Disappearing Island” at the Red Nun and other occasionals
• Plans for the future, including the first SLU civic plan
• The Boatyards
• The Boathouses
• The Boat Liveries
• The Sawmills
• Bill Boeing
• Marinas
• Edison Technical School
• The Rumrunners
On the Lake Now
• The Houseboats
• Lake Union Drydock
• Seaplanes and Boeing
• The Lake Union Yacht Club
• Gasworks
• Duck Dodge
• The parks, waterways and trails you can enjoy
• Places to rent boats on the lake
Boat Designers
• Garden
• Seaborn
• Geary
• Monk
Boat Builders
• Blanchard
• Chambers, Jim
• Grandy
• Jensen
• Lake Union Dry Dock
• Monson
• Prothro
• Quent Williams and the Washinton K-D Boatworks
• Schertzer
• Trimmership, Shain
• Vic Franck
Legendary Yachts of the Area
Oh so many…
Sailboats
Racing Sailboats
• Pirate
• Sir Tom
• Spirit I
• Spirit II
• One World
Schooners
• Martha
• Zodiac
• Lavengro
• Adventuress
Fishing Boats
• Vessels
• Types: Purse Seiners, Gillnetters, Trollers, Cannery Tenders
• Halibut Schooners
• Lives, stories, skills
• Wawona
Tugs
• Arthur Foss
Research Vessels
• Brown Bear
Fireboats
• Duwamish
Ferry Boats
• Mosquito Fleet
• Ferry archives???
Rescue Boats
• Lightship
• Coast Guard Museum ...
Steam Boats
• V5
• Swiftsure
• Puffin
• C.C. Calkins (Seattle’s first Steamboat)
• Latona & her sister ships
Boats for Exploring
• The Discovery
• The Joshua
Pond Boats (model boats)
Hydroplanes
• Slo-Mo-Shun IV
Boat Building - general
• Materials and construction methods
Boat Design – general
• Half models
• Blueprintg
• Lofting
• Taking the lines: traditional and computerized
Boat Rigging – general
• Traditional to modern
• Different rigs for different uses
• Standing and running
The Navy
• The Naval Reserve Building and the Training conducted there
• Navy shipyards in Seattle
• Navy Boats stored in Lake Union
• D.E. Whitehurst #57 & Bowfin (submarine)
• Station Reserve Vessels at the Naval Reserve
Seamanship
• Knots
• Line Handling
• Navigation
Prohibition & Rum Running
Arts and Culture
• Music
• Literature
• Visual Art
The First People
• The Area’s Native Americans and Their Boats
• The Duwamish
• Chinook Trading Ground
• Saaduuts and Carving Cultural Connections
• Different designstraditional of Northwest canoes
• Modern Native canoe construction
• Canoe Culture in the present day
Seattle’s History, Told Through Boats
• The Exploration and Charting of the Pacific Northwest: George Vancouver & the Discovery
• Charts, Charting, and Navigational Instruments
• Captain Charles Wilkes
• The Denny Party
• The Mercer Girls
Transportation
• The Mosquito Fleet
• The Gold Rush
• Auto Ferries and the Kalakala
Lake Union as a Home Port
• Reserve Fleet of WWI
• Schooners
• WWII boats
• Fantome (The Guinness Yacht)
Historical Lake Union
• The Denny Sawmill
• The Lake Union Water Buses
• Seattle’s first train
• The “union” made by the cuts, canal, and locks
• Denny Regrade & the plan to regrade Queen Anne into Lake Union
• The changing appearance of the lake (historical photos)
• The “Disappearing Island” at the Red Nun and other occasionals
• Plans for the future, including the first SLU civic plan
• The Boatyards
• The Boathouses
• The Boat Liveries
• The Sawmills
• Bill Boeing
• Marinas
• Edison Technical School
• The Rumrunners
On the Lake Now
• The Houseboats
• Lake Union Drydock
• Seaplanes and Boeing
• The Lake Union Yacht Club
• Gasworks
• Duck Dodge
• The parks, waterways and trails you can enjoy
• Places to rent boats on the lake
Boat Designers
• Garden
• Seaborn
• Geary
• Monk
Boat Builders
• Blanchard
• Chambers, Jim
• Grandy
• Jensen
• Lake Union Dry Dock
• Monson
• Prothro
• Quent Williams and the Washinton K-D Boatworks
• Schertzer
• Trimmership, Shain
• Vic Franck
Legendary Yachts of the Area
Oh so many…
Sailboats
Racing Sailboats
• Pirate
• Sir Tom
• Spirit I
• Spirit II
• One World
Schooners
• Martha
• Zodiac
• Lavengro
• Adventuress
Fishing Boats
• Vessels
• Types: Purse Seiners, Gillnetters, Trollers, Cannery Tenders
• Halibut Schooners
• Lives, stories, skills
• Wawona
Tugs
• Arthur Foss
Research Vessels
• Brown Bear
Fireboats
• Duwamish
Ferry Boats
• Mosquito Fleet
• Ferry archives???
Rescue Boats
• Lightship
• Coast Guard Museum ...
Steam Boats
• V5
• Swiftsure
• Puffin
• C.C. Calkins (Seattle’s first Steamboat)
• Latona & her sister ships
Boats for Exploring
• The Discovery
• The Joshua
Pond Boats (model boats)
Hydroplanes
• Slo-Mo-Shun IV
Boat Building - general
• Materials and construction methods
Boat Design – general
• Half models
• Blueprintg
• Lofting
• Taking the lines: traditional and computerized
Boat Rigging – general
• Traditional to modern
• Different rigs for different uses
• Standing and running
The Navy
• The Naval Reserve Building and the Training conducted there
• Navy shipyards in Seattle
• Navy Boats stored in Lake Union
• D.E. Whitehurst #57 & Bowfin (submarine)
• Station Reserve Vessels at the Naval Reserve
Seamanship
• Knots
• Line Handling
• Navigation
Prohibition & Rum Running
Arts and Culture
• Music
• Literature
• Visual Art