Friends of the Ballard Locks

Researched and written by Tom O'Grady     While most of the posts on this blog feature aspects of the locks and grounds themselves, or h...

  Salmon smolt tank at Visitor Center The Visitor Center has a new display for viewing until sometime in May. It is a tank of salmon smolt w...

Jan 2024 Center Gate progress photo from Greg Shaw    Here's something you might see every 107 years or so. The center gates at the larg...

We received the following information today and will copy it from the Chittenden Locks Facebook page. Sounds like a great time and not to be...

 Researched and written by Stephen Munro, gardener at the Chittenden Locks. Teddy Roosevelt with rose in lapel Operating House Four sits adj...

 The schedule for music concerts at the locks during the summer weekends is now available. They're free to attend and donations are appr...

This post was first published in 2018. We've added some new content below the original article. In the article from the Seattle Post Int...

  Bowfin Submarine   We were recently asked about information on this submarine, which was used as a Navy training vessel on Lake Union from...