History
In the days of the Klondike Gold Rush, which began in the late 1890s, hopeful prospectors had few options for getting to the remote reaches of Alaska and the Yukon in hopes of striking it rich. Among their adventurous choices, perhaps the most coveted was the all-water route departing from Seattle, heralded for its ease and efficiency—and known as the “rich man’s route” due to the expense of sailing around Alaska and up the Yukon River. Waves of gold-seekers boarded ships here (as well as in other cities along the coast) in search of their fortune.
Although the gold rush ended in heartbreak for most of those who sailed north—and for most of those who took other paths—the all-water route left in its wake a most delicious legacy, one that we still savor to this day: increased trade in the salmon and halibut industries.
At All Water, we celebrate the history of those daring crowds that poured into Seattle with big dreams by offering diverse flavor profiles from different bays. This is the best the Pacific Northwest has to offer, and while a few things have changed over the last 100+ years, the irresistible call of the ocean and quality of our region’s seafood never will.
