Meetings
Chamber General Meeting
Last Wednesday of each month. Lunch is served at 12:00 at The
Inn at Port Hadlock.
Chamber Board Meeting
First Wednesday of each Month 12:00 at Pedro's Fiesta Jalisco
Restaurant, 10893 Rhody Drive, Port Hadlock.
Events
Citizen of the Year
Hadlock Days
Golf Classic
Scholarship Awards
Serving the communities of
Port Hadlock, Chimacum & Irondale
About Port Hadlock and the Tri-Area
Port Hadlock, Chimacum, and Irondale are commonly referred to by locals as "the Tri-Area". It's the hub of eastern Jefferson County on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington.
History of Port Hadlock
Samuel Hadlock, the founder of Port Hadlock, moved west in the 1850s, finally landing in the Port Hadlock area in 1886 after contracting with the Washington Mill Company to build a sawmill for them in Port Hadlock.
On the waterfront near the mill was a general store, post office, barber shop, livery stable, laundry, two hotels and two saloons. The saloons were frequented by sailors from all over the world as well as local mill workers, long-shoremen, and loggers. There was little law enforcement and it was life in the Wild West.
The residential section was in upper Hadlock with all the businesses on the waterfront, as was common during that era. The sawmill ceased operation in 1907 and burned to the ground in 1913.
In 1909 construction started on the alcohol plant, and when it was completed in 1910 began manufacturing wood alcohol from sawdust. The operational costs of this venture proved too costly and the plan suspended operation about 1913. Today the ancient buildings house The Alcohol Plant Resort which includes a hotel, restaurant, and marina.
Subsequent industries have included a boat building yard, a clam cannery, and a fish fertilizer plant. In 1946 Melvin Kively established the first businesses at the Hadlock intersection - a second hand store and a Signal Service Station.
Post Office Box 1223
Port Hadlock, Washington 98339
Phone: 360.379.5380
Email: chamberinfo@porthadlock.org