Phil Flash is a member of the Mercer Island Historical Society, which, together with the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, created the new historical placard for Roanoke Landing. - Elizabeth Celms/Mercer Island Reporter
Elizabeth Celms/Mercer Island Reporter
Phil Flash is a member of the Mercer Island Historical Society, which, together with the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, created the new historical placard for Roanoke Landing.

New historical placard at Roanoke Landing

By ELIZABETH CELMS
Mercer Island Reporter Contributor
January 12, 2010 · Updated 3:07 PM 

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Islander Phil Flash points to an old photograph of The Mercer ferry, one of four ferries that used to frequent the Roanoke Ferry Landing before the I-90 bridge was built. The ferries and a brief history of Roanoke Landing, located on the northern tip of Mercer Island, are featured on a new historical marker at the site. Flash and the sign's designer, Jim Engelhardt, installed the placard on Tuesday, Jan. 12.

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