Bainbridge Island has a rich and fascinating history, reflecting our unique mix of Filipino and Japanese cultures, as well as military influence over the years.
Nearly 100 years ago, Bainbridge Island's main cash crop was strawberries. Japanese immigrant families pioneered strawberry farming on the island in the early 1900s, and by the 1930s and 1940s, Bainbridge Island had become known as the "strawberry capital of the Pacific Northwest."
Bainbridge Island is home to a number of historical concrete bunker structures that are remnants of the island's military past and were used to protect the Puget Sound from potential naval invasion.
Today, Bainbridge Island is a quaint island village populated with only about 24,000 people, but the island is rich with history and has been home to countless inhabitants in its 2,000 year record.
