Oak Harbor is a city on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.

Oak Harbor's history goes back to the early 1850s, when two settlers staked claims where the city now stands—Zakarias Martin Taftezon, a shoemaker from Norway; C.W. Sumner from New England Houses and businesses sprouted up along the shores of Oak Harbor as the pioneers relied entirely on water transportation until the 1900s. For the next thirty years, steamers and freighters carried passengers and freight from the Island to the mainland and back as well as Fidalgo Island to the north.

The Irish came in the late 1850s, making Oak Harbor grow and prosper as they fished and farmed the area, and the city's Dutch heritage arrived in the 1890s. Churches, schools, and more businesses followed the arrival of the Dutch. A high school was built in 1906. Oak Harbor flourished as a small country town until Deception Pass Bridge and the U.S. Navy Base connected the city to the rest of the region and the world.

• 48.2882-122.65461 Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum, 270 SE Pioneer Way, ☏ +1 360-240-9500, [email protected]. (updated May 2021)

• 48.329-122.6921 Joseph Whidbey State Park, ☏ +1 360-678-4519. (updated May 2021)

• 48.28659-122.66161 Safeway, 1450 SW Erie St, ☏ +1 360-279-8828. Grocery store. (updated Jul 2022)

There are many restaurants in Oak Harbor. Below are the most popular ones.

• 48.28907-122.648991 Frasers Gourmet Hideaway, 101 - 1191 SE Dock St, ☏ +1 360-279-1231. (updated May 2021)

• 48.30889-122.641921 Best Western Harbor Plaza, 33175 State Route 20, ☏ +1 360 679-4567, toll-free: +1-800-927-5478, fax: +1 360 675-2543. 
• 48.30701-122.644132 The Coachman Inn, 32959 State Route 20, ☏ +1 360-675-0727, [email protected]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated May 2021)

• Deception Pass State Park, at the north end of Whidbey Island, is the fast-flowing waterway between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, with over 4,100 acres (1,700 hectares) of forest, beaches, campsites, trails, and scenic vistas. During low tides, the swift current can lead to standing waves, large whirlpools, and roiling eddies underneath the historic Deception Pass Bridge.

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