Book Talk at Ballard Locks: “Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal”

Join local historians David B. Williams and Jennifer Ott for a conversation about their newly released book, Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal: A History and Guide, copublished by HistoryLink and the University of Washington Press. Through an engaging discussion and visually rich presentation, you’ll learn how this engineering marvel fits into the natural and cultural history of the city. Book signing to follow.

Jennifer Ott is executive director at HistoryLink.org and an environmental historian. Her works include Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City and Where the City Meets the Sound: The Story of Seattle’s Waterfront.

David B. Williams is a naturalist, author, and educator. His many books include Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City, Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound, and Wild in Seattle: Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature. He also writes a free weekly newsletter, Street Smart Naturalist: Explorations of the Urban Kind.