Why every Pacific Northwest traveler should visit Coupeville’s new Creative District and Indigenous-owned cultural hub

Coupeville’s new Creative District is bringing Indigenous stories, local artists, and hands-on cultural experiences to the forefront—here’s why travelers should add it to their itinerary.

Michelle Cladusbid is layering deli meat onto thick bread slices as I walk into Beaver Tales Coffee, the café she and her husband Tony own. It's inside the 120-year-old Coupeville Wharf, a red barn-like structure at the end of a weathered wooden pier on Penn Cove, a marine-protected inlet that mirrors the Puget Sound on the other side of Washington’s sq…