Port Hadlock is the commercial hub of East Jefferson County, south of Port Townsend. It is part of the "Tri-Area", which also includes the unincorporated towns of Chimacum and Irondale. The town is located at the entrance to Indian Island, Port Hadlock, on the south end of Port Townsend Bay, is part of a community known as the Tri-Cities.

Port Hadlock was established by Samuel Hadlock in 1886 and the area had at that time a sawmill and timber business. The timber was carried to other west coast cities on tall sailing ships.

Port Hadlock is the gateway to Marrowstone, home to Fort Flagler State Park which is popular with visitors and locals for camping, boating, beach combing, and seafood gathering. Marrowstone Island is located just beyond Indian Island and across the bay from Port Townsend. The Navy operates a major supply depot on Indian Island, and many deer can be seen within the reservation while driving over to Marrowstone Island.

There are a number of county parks and three state parks in the Port Hadlock area for overnight camping, shellfish harvesting in season, picnicking, hiking, beach combing, fishing, and clamming.

The Old Alcohol Plant Lodge is not only a resort and marina, it is a historical landmark. It really was an alcohol plant from 1911 to 1913. It was the Classen Chemical Company, manufacturing alcohol out of sawdust using a French process. The plant closed in 1917 and sat vacant until Ray Hansen bought the Old Alcohol Plant in 1978, and set about the nine-year, four-million dollar task of turning it into a hotel and resort.

If you would like to learn more about the area, here are some links to more websites about the Port Hadlock area. These links will open a new browser window, which you can close to return to the Hadlock Realty website.

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