Croatia Day celebrates town’s fishing heritage — and a restored netshed

The Skansie Netshed re-opens to the public on May 31 during a Croatia Day celebration.

Jeannette Shilley was too young to remember when she first saw the Skansie netshed. When she was born in 1971, her Croation-rooted family’s home perched on the hillside just a block or so northwest of the Skansie brothers’ waterfront property.

“I knew the Skansie brothers,” she told Gig Harbor Now during a recent interview at the historic shed. Her face reflected delight in her memories of Antone and Vince, sons of Andrew and Bertha Skansie. They were the last private owners to occupy the pioneer family’s home, garage, yard and, of course, the netshed. read more….

Gig Harbor Now | by Chapin Day