Halibut Point State Park also boasts a World War II fire-control tower that now serves as the visitor’s center. The tower, which helped aim coastal defense weapons, is being renovated.

ROCKPORT — "My favorite part was,’’ 4-year-old Nico Easton Obando was saying before his older brother, Santi, took control of the trail and the conversation. “My favorite part was throwing ...

that became halibut. >> halibut point has a hisryto as sweeping as its views. THE GRANITE IT SITS ON ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 400 MILLION YEARS OLD AGAIN TO BE QUARRIED 200 YEARS AGO.

Seattle — In 1911, Tordenskjold, a 75-foot schooner hewed from old-growth fir, left the Ballard, Wash., docks for its first season of halibut fishing off Alaska. Back then, sails supplemented ...