Salish Trading Post

Our latest addition to the team! Rachel is already hard at work keeping the Post running smoothly.

With the season ramping up, we will be doors-open more and more each week until we’re open everyday!
Please consider a vote at votecascsdes.com as well. We’re under Shopping > Place to Buy a Gift 🎁

Tomorrow!

So many fun activities going on this weekend! Be sure to come by the Whatcom Cultural Arts Festival in the beautiful Bellingham Cruise Terminal. Open Friday- Sunday 11:00-6:00 daily! Great performers and vendors that represent our local culture. For event and vendor program: https://www.alliedarts.org/whatcom-cultural-arts-festival/

The Whatcom Cultural Arts Festival is at the Terminal this weekend.
Come check it out. And come by and see us at the gift shop too!
March 15-17th. Fri-Sun, 11-6. Specific events at the link.
https://www.alliedarts.org/whatcom-cultural-arts-festival/ #

You can always take a look around 8-4:30 during the week, but the doors are open on Ferry Day Wednesdays and Weekends 10:30-4.

Known for being the gift shop ring leader these days, Cathy worked on her fishing boat in Alaska with her husband Loren since 1998. Check out a nice little write-up on a favorite face around here.

https://maritimewa.org/story/women-on-the-waterfront-cathy-wade/

Due to unforeseen circumstances we will be closed today, February 10th. We apologize for any inconvenience, but hope to see you soon!

Hammy time! Stingray things are in. Legos n plushies in honor of our resident stingray.

The gift shop will be closed today. Be careful and enjoy the snow!

Another Bellingham Makers Market this weekend! Sat Noon-6p, and Sun Noon-5p.
Come check out local artisans in the Terminal this weekend, and come see us for other gift ideas too!

We love featuring our talented artisans, artists and makers in the run-up to our markets. You will find these four and lots of other at our Holiday Makers Market on December 16 and 17 in the Bellingham Cruise Terminal in Fairhaven! Make sure you follow them to see what else they’ll have in their booths!
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Saturday, December 16 – noon to 6pm
Sunday, December 17 – noon to 5pm
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Not to be confused with the Makers Markets, the Holiday Port Festival is this weekend! Saturday and Sunday 11-5, vote on gingerbread houses, grab photos with Santa, catch live music and dance performances, and stick around for the lighted boat parade at 6 on Saturday evening.

This weekend! Come check out the vendors, and stop by for a visit with us too. :)

When you arrive at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal for the Holiday Makers Market on November 25 and 26, you will receive a ‘vendor passport.’ If you get a stamp from every vendor, you can turn your passport in to be entered into a raffle! Great raffle prizes from local businesses like , , and . Plus everyone who turns in a completed vendor passport gets a coupon for . And you might even find some goodies from market vendors! Check out all these amazing vendors who will be at the market:
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Your stop for native, nautical, Northwest Christmas gifts!
Our doors are open every weekend as well as Black Friday. We can also let you check out our selection during the week before 4:30pm, if you stop by San Juan Cruises across the hall.

Salish Trading Post Native, Nautical, Northwest Gifts.
At the Bellingham Ferry Terminal.

Hard to believe it's that time of year again! But come check out our variety of nautical and handmade ornaments and gifts. Come by for ferry day and check out our selection.

Save the date! 1st weekend in December.

We are just a couple months away from the 2023 Holiday Port Festival! Entries are open for the Annual Gingerbread contest, and we are already anticipating more amazing creations to bring in the festive cheer to the Bellingham Cruise Terminal December 2nd and 3rd. Follow the link below to submit your contest entry!

https://www.portofbellingham.com/523/Gingerbread-House-Contest

The road to us. 🌈

Marine themed building blocks! 🐠
Choose your favorite marine life to build, or pick a mystery pack.

It’s peak summer and we’re very open! Come see us til 6:30 every day, for
native, nautical, and northwest gifts.

We've got a lot of shirts, many of them local. Here are some of the local ones:
K Pod Designs
and of course a selection of designs from Alaska-based legend .troll
(We like to claim him as a local 😉)

Stuffed puffins are in-store to celebrate the Tufted Puffins being out and about in the islands. The first bird watching tour of the year spotted 14 hanging around Smith Island.

Loading up that Alaska ferry!
Fridays are a busy day in the terminal because of the Alaska Ferry, but San Juan Cruises is starting up whale watching weekends this month, so we are happy to see even more folks around the terminal again. Summer time is ramping up ☀️ ⛴️ 🛥️

Beautiful print from Nathalie Coutou of Quebec.

Fresh additions from Alaska! Forge Ahead Copper Bracelets by Pat Blair
Alaska’s Inside Passage book by Dale Pihlman

Happy to have these fine Alaska dwellers contribute to the shop on their way home.