The MV Chetzemoka is a 64 car, 750 passenger Kwa-di tabil class ferry. It was recently built at the Todd shipyard in Seattle for the Washington State ferries. It was put into to service on November 15th 2010 on the Keystone (Whidbey Island) to Port Townsend run. It serves about 10,000 passengers a week.
Chetzemoka was a Klallam Chief. The Klallam were led by Chetzemoka's older brother S'Hai-ak when white settlers first arrived in their territory around 1851 and it was he who granted permission for their settlement, Port Townsend. When S'Hai-ak drowned soon after, Chetzemoka succeeded to leadership of the Klallam. Chetzemoka was friendly toward the new settlers who dubbed him Duke of York. In the early 1850's he traveled to San Francisco impressing Chetzemoka and solidly placing him as allied to the Americans. He was instrumental in resolving the 1868 Dungeness Massacre when Klallam raiders killed 17 Tsimshians. Chetzemoka died at about age eighty. In 1904 the Port Townsend city park was named in his honor.
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OOO! It's so pretty and clean! No bird poo!
Good that some are remembered.
Love riding the ferries...
Quite a histories. I too like ferry rides, but I'll wait til summer now.
And this is what you ride back and forth when you go see your mom?
Looks very nice; spiffy; spanking new! Nice photos, too.
I also appreciated your commentary - it reminded me again of how so much has happened in the past 150 years. I read recently that the great majority of everything we know today, we've learned in the past 50 years or so!
Thanks, too, for all your comments -- you had me laughing again! A nice way to start the day.
Like your new profile pic...we are, indeed, of the same vintage! I can see you in bobby sox and a hoop skirt!
Have a wonderful weekend!
An interesting story and a nice ferry. I like the detail of the motor lifeboat, not much different from ours.
It's heartening that the ferries are kept in such good shape. Are the ferries run by the state of Washington or by private companies?
That's one very impressive looking ferry and So Big. Suppose it hauls cars too. I like that it's named after the first people.
Thanks for the pictures of this impressive ferry. Thanks, too, for the information about Chetzemoka. It's nice to know that he is remembered after all these years.
1851? It's amazing when you think the Mayflower and the first settlers reached the east coast in 1620, isn't it?
We've rode the ferry from Keystone to Port Townsend several times. Nice to see that they've got a new ferry on that run, and what an appropriate name for it. Interesting history behind the name. This trip our only ferry ride has been to Vashon where one of my sons lives.
I like how it still has that Washington State Ferry look. Classic, yet new. I bet the residents are happy to have this in service now!
Nice photos. I like ferry boats and rode on some in Seattle out to an island where we ate dinner. Don't remember the details.
I really like you Eagle.
Neat, MB!
The Washington Ferrys are one of the icons of the PNW.
I like the little orange boat, of course. :-)
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