If you have your own kayak you can launch from Langus Park on the Snohomish River and then paddle upstream for 1 mile to enter the estuary. If you don't have a kayak you used to have to rent one at Popeye's on the Everett waterfront and then paddle 4 miles upstream to the estuary. With the new Ebey Island Boat & Kayak Rentals you can start out in the calm waters of Steamboat slough and poke around in the waterways looking at old boats, birds, otters, deer and other wildlife - without having to get out into open water on the sound or in the Snohomish River.
Ebey Island Boat & Kayak Rentals is just east of Everett, Washington, thirty miles North of downtown Seattle. The address is 5501 12th St. SE. Everett Washington 98205. I've posted a map below and here's a link to directions.
Their location offers public use facilities such as bathrooms, shower and laundry as well as short term camping which can be accommodated with prior arrangement. This is a members only establishment and a complimentary trial membership is included with your rental of any of our equipment. If you choose to use their facility to launch your own equipment and/or use the facilities, a trial membership can be purchased separately.
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Local News | Commuting in the liquid lane | Seattle Times Newspaper
Link to a Seattle Times article about a 64 year old man who has been commuting two miles across Puget Sound by hydrobike almost every day for 7 years -
