In 1889 logging pioneer John McReavy platted Union City on Hood Canalʼs south shore alongside the Native American communities that had gathered where Hood Canal makes its great bend.

The neighboring wilderness, designated Olympic National Park in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is now also an International Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site. The mountains in the southeast corner of the park—Mt. Washington, Mt. Constance, the Brothers—rise across Hood Canal forming a breathtaking vista from almost any point in Union.

The generation following McReavy drew creative inspiration from the remarkable landscape, and circulated around Olympus Manor, an artist colony that prospered until 1952 when the Manor itself burned. As a result, Union holds the title of the fi rst non-native artist colony in Washington state.

Current attractions include working farms and roadside markets, a world-class golf course, marina and public boat launch, a four-star spa and resort, and of course, the deep saltwater fjord of Hood Canal. Union continues to support a wide variety of arts activities, as well as boating, fishing, hunting, shell-fishing, hiking, kayaking and birding.

Today, visitors come for summers of sunshine and shellfish, and the annual return of the salmon. As well as the introspection of winter, to watch the herons out on the docks, motionless at high tide.

What will you discover in Union?

• Skokomish Nation
• Vancouver Wilkes
• Olympus Manor Artist Colony