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Category: Garibaldi
PORT OF GARIBALDI UPDATES: ROAD CLOSURE – 7th Street – Main Port Entrance Road – April 8th – 19th; Preparations being made for delivery of jetty rock
REMINDER – 7th Street will be closed from April 8th to April 19th. As part of the Hwy 101 ODOT project, Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad will be upgrading the railroad crossings to…
Welcome Rescue Boat 31 to Garibaldi Fire & Rescue; Put Into Operation Yesterday, March 21st
In 2021 Garibaldi Fire & Rescue applied for the 100% funded SPIRE II grant through the Oregon Department of Emergency Management for a Low Water Rescue Jet Boat and were successful. State…
Garibaldi – Home of World-Class Dungeness Crab Thanks to Experienced, Professional Commercial Fishing Fleet (VIDEO)
Story & Photos By Don Backman Did you know that Garibaldi, Oregon produces some of the best Dungeness crab? This small-town port has taken advantage of its close proximity to the ocean…
“Don’t Touch the Crab!” 37th Annual Garibaldi Crab Races Run in Garibaldi (VIDEO)
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Don’t touch the crab!” Contestants lined up on the upper end of the ramp, each with a thoroughbred Dungeness crab in front of them. One…
COAST GUARD WEEK LAUNCHES IN GARIBALDI MARCH 4-10; Garibaldi to receive prestigious Coast Guard City designation March 5; Activities ALL WEEK
March 5 – Coast Guard City designation ceremony at Old Mill Even Center 10 am March 6 – Coast Guard Auxilliary 2pm at Garibaldi Library March 7 – Pat Patterson Day @Garibaldi…
Crossing the Tillamook Bar: Garibaldi Crab Fleet Takes to Ocean Dec. 30th – Photos & Video by Don Backman
The 2023 crab season has had partial openings with southern waters opening December 16th; and the northern waters opened on December 31st. Pioneer videographer/photographer Don Backman caught these images of the Garibaldi…
Garibaldi Light Parade December 19, 2023
Photos & Video by Don Backman Annual Light Parades have now become part of our communities … Garibaldi lit up the streets on December 19th. Garibaldi Fire & Rescue making its annual…
Commercial Dungeness crab season begins Dec. 16 from Cape Foulweather to California border
(NEWPORT, Ore. -December 5, 2023) – Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens Dec. 16 from Cape Foulweather (just south of Depoe Bay) to the California border. Pre-season testing shows that crabs remain too…