Taylor Shellfish Farms

VIP: $5.00 coupon off total purchase of oysters, clams and/or mussels

Address: 2182 Chuckanut Drive, Bow, WA 98232 Miles off of I-5: Approximately ten Phone: 360-766-6002 Owners: The Taylor family of Shelton, WA Website: www.taylorshellfi shfarms.com

FARM TYPE: Northwest grown fresh shellfi sh DIRECTIONS: From I-5 take exit #231. Go northwest on Chuckanut Drive (Hwy 11) for 10 miles to the Oyster Creek Inn. From Bellingham take exit #250. Go south on Chuckanut Drive 9.5 miles. The farm’s entrance is in the corner of the restaurant parking lot. Drive under the sign, across the bridge and down the hill. Please use caution: one lane road and railroad crossing. FARM PREMISES: 1700 acres of shellfi sh beds in the tidelands of Samish Bay, with a retail store and shore side picnic & BBQ area on scenic Chuckanut Drive.

~FREE~ FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES:

• Meet shellfi sh farmers • Educational Exhibits • Oyster shucking demonstrations • Build a fairy house on the beach • See the world’s only lighthouse made of oyster shells • Kid’s beach

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PREMISES: Information provided about shellfi sh farming and clean water awareness. Meet shellfi sh farmers and see photos and educational displays by Taylor Shellfi sh Farms, Skagit Conservation Education Alliance (SCEA), Skagit Conservation District and Skagit Valley Backyard Habitat Team. FREE SAMPLES: Steamed mussels (Donation proceeds go to Skagit Conservation Education Alliance) RETAIL ($): Fresh Oysters (live, shucked and smoked), Manila clams, Mussels, Geoduck, Dungeness crab(live or cooked); frozen scallops, prawns, salmon, halibut, smoked salmon & pickled herring. Cookbooks, t-shirts, sweatshirts and more!

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FARM HISTORY: Farm History: Prior to this farm’s purchase in 1991 by the Taylor family, oysters and clams have been farmed here in Samish Bay since 1921. Taylor Shellfi sh is a fi fth generation family farm that began farming shellfi sh in southern Puget Sound in 1890. AGFARMATION: One adult Pacifi c Oyster can fi lter as much as 65 gallons of water per day.