Named after an engineer who played a key role in their development, the Chittenden Locks are the busiest in the country, with as many as 50,000 vessels passing through each year. Locals typically call ...

Three years ago, a Washington state senator from Ferndale introduced a bill to study the costs and benefits of breaching the Ballard Locks. Republican Doug Ericksen, who died in 2021, didn’t really ...

It’s a big weekend at the Ballard Locks as sockeye salmon return as part of their journey upstream to spawn. The sockeye travel 40-50 miles upriver to spawn in Lake Washington during the summer. Every ...

THERE ARE PLENTY of reasons to go to the Hiram M. Chittenden (Ballard) Locks. Fans of civil engineering can marvel at the infrastructural feat of the Locks themselves, a massive complex spanning the ...