Fidalgo Bay Day is an annual event held in August to help celebrate our local estuaries and the beauty, history, and incredible marine life. The event is at the Samish Indian Nation’s Fidalgo Bay Resort, located at 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road in Anacortes.
Over 300 people attend this event each year and take part in the Samish Indian Nation’s popular educational beach seining demonstration, touch live marine critters in Shannon Point Marine Center’s undersea zoo and a real whale skull from Deception Pass State Park, look through microscopes, get creative at the kid-friendly craft tables, play fun games, win prizes, and learn about local projects and volunteer opportunities at the many educational exhibits staffed by local agencies and organizations.
In addition to all the fun activities, visitors will get to fill their appetites with a fabulous no-host traditional Coast Salish salmon BBQ lunch and taste complimentary samples of local seafood provided by local shellfish farmers and restaurants.
Fidalgo Bay Day is the Skagit Marine Resources Committee’s signature educational event that has taken place each year since 2004. Many partners and volunteers support it. This free event aims to increase public awareness of the marine environment and foster environmental stewardship. This event is funded wholly or partially by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Assistance Agreement [CE-01J97401].
