Island Notes Island Notes
Giant Oak Trees in a park.

The Garry Oaks of Oak Harbor

Meet the Garry Oaks, the trees for which Oak Harbor is named, and learn about the self-guided tour that you can take.

Rocky beach with a bluff and trees growing on top. It's foggy.

Why Embrace

When we ask visitors to embrace these islands, it’s an invitation, and a promise.

A beach and water with the setting sun and mountains in the distance and colorful clouds overhead.

In the Embrace of the Salish Sea

The waters surrounding Whidbey and Camano Islands are an essential part of life here. Near, on, or in the water, we’re all in its embrace.

Art Lives on Camano Island

Camano Island is filled with studios and galleries from artists drawn to the island by the region’s natural beauty.

Blue Fox Drive-In Screen playing the National Anthem

Affordable Family Fun at the Blue Fox Drive In

Despite the impressive extent of the business (which includes go-carts, an arcade, and a screen-printing business as well as the drive in movies), you somehow simultaneously feel that you’re at a big backyard party.