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Visitor attraction in Washington (state), US

Tillicum Village is a Puget Sound area visitor attraction located on Blake Island, a Washington State Park accessible only by boat, which is off the shore of Seattle, Washington. Argosy Cruises operates the Tillicum Excursion, a four-hour cruise from Pier 55 in central Seattle to Tillicum Village and back.

Facilities and tourism

Salmon cooking around fire pit.
Salmon cook on stakes around fire pits in Tillicum Village. August 2017.

Tillicum Village occupies approximately 5 acres (2 ha) of leased land within Blake Island State Park. The Tillicum Excursion includes a greeting from Tillicum village employees costumed in Northwest Coastal Native tribal costume. Outside the longhouse, visitors are given a cup of clams and broth (clam nectar). Inside, the longhouse is decorated in art by members of Northwest Coastal Natives and a cooking display shows whole salmon being cooked on cedar stakes over an alder wood fire in a traditional style. Guests eat a buffet meal featuring the just-cooked salmon, after which a 25-minute performance is provided including filmed storytelling by Roger Fernandes of the Klallam tribe illustrated by the Tillicum Village dancers, who wear traditional masks. After the performance, visitors can interact with the performers and walk along the beaches and trails of the island.

Visitors can also camp on Blake Island and visit the Tillicum Village longhouse independently.

History

thumb|left|World leaders at Tillicum Village during the 1993 APEC summit. Bill Hewitt, a local restaurant owner, founded Tillicum Village in 1962, the year of the Seattle World's Fair. The Hewitt family operated it until selling it to Argosy Cruises, the operator of the Tillicum Excursion, in 2009. For 18 years, the show was Dance on the Wind, focusing on dances of British Columbia tribes and provided by Thompson's, a locally based theatrical production company. There were 100,000 visitors in 1978. The facilities and show were updated in 2011.

In 1993, President Clinton hosted the first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the Tillicum Village longhouse.

See also

References

  1. ^ Amy Martinez (March 20, 2009). "Argosy Cruises takes over Tillicum Village". Seattle Times.
  2. Eric Riddle (July 25, 2017). "The Tillicum Excursion is the vacation close to home you've been searching for". KING-TV.
  3. Marc Stiles (May 20, 2015). "Seattle Asian tourism boom reaches Tillicum Village". Puget Sound Business Journal.
  4. ^ Elizabeth Weise (August 27, 2013). "Tillicum Village: A Seattle must-do". USA Today.
  5. ^ Richard Bangs (February 17, 2017) . "Richard's Picks: Top Ten Things to Do in Seattle". Huffington Post (blog).
  6. ^ Tan Vinh (June 4, 2011) . "Makeover at iconic Tillicum Village brings more Coast Salish lore". Seattle Times.
  7. Joe Veyera (August 8, 2017). "Everything must go: Production company sells off decades of props, costumes, sets from Interbay location". Queen Anne & Magnolia News. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  8. ^ Terry Richard, The Oregonian (September 3, 2011). "Spiced up tour to Blake Island brings new life to Tillicum Village, a Seattle tourism icon". Oregon Live (blog).
  9. Thomas L. Friedman (November 21, 1993). "The Pacific Summit: Leaders at Summit Seek Strong Pacific Community". The New York Times.

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