Port Angeles, Wash., Brings Back Lively Welcome Party for Canadian Travellers

Port Angeles, Wash., brings back lively welcome party for Canadian travellers

Canadians ferrying from Victoria, B.C., to Port Angeles, Wash., were greeted by a raucous welcome party on Thursday, as their American neighbours try to soothe cross-border tensions.

Cross-border welcome: Canadians receive warm patriotic welcome in Port Angeles

Representatives from the District of Sooke are on a mission to strengthen cross-border tourism ties during a time of economic tension between Canada and the United States. “We’re going over to extend a welcome and to receive a welcome,” said Gail Scott, community economic development officer for Sooke. “The border happens to be the Juan de Fuca Strait.” Scott is one week away from announcing Sooke’s Destination Canada tourism corridor grant repo…