The listed reference waypoint is for a small pullout on the side of the highway across from the Quarantine Station where you may view the old buildings and the remaining pilings from the wharf where the passenger ships were docked for quarantine and fumigation.
Knappton Townsite
Ship in quarantine - 1903
Quarantine Station c. 1920
In 1876 this small townsite became the home of the Knappton Cannery, and in 1899 it became the location of a U.S. Quarantine Station known as the "Ellis Island of the Columbia", temporarily housing emigrants arriving by passenger ship who possibly carried disease.
Today all that remains of the former Knappton community are old pilings and a stone monument west of the old town location. The historic Quarantine Station is located around the point on the eastern shore of Knappton Cove, with the former hospital building now serving as a museum. Between 1899 and 1938, hundreds of Chinese, Japanese, and European laborers went through the station before it closed in 1938.
In 1980 the former Quarantine Station was accepted to the National Register of Historical Places and in 1995 the historic hospital building became the Knappton Cove Heritage Center.
Please leave the cache tied to its anchor so it doesn't float away during winter storms!