Historic Walking Tour of Fisherman's Wharf

Historic signs placed along the water’s edge of Fisherman’s Wharf by the Port of San Francisco tell the wharf’s history, give insight into today’s fishing community, and explain the need to protect the Bay.

Although the Port Walk signs are presented numerically, they aren’t meant to be walked sequentially.  Rather they are organized by topic, and positioned to give visitors a closer look at what makes Fisherman’s Wharf such a unique community.

While we can't reproduce the actual signs on this site, we've collected the text and some of the images from the majority of these historical markers. 

Please click on any .pdf file below to view a sign's content or print it out for later reading.  A Port Walk map is located at the bottom of the page.



Port Walk #1 Fish for the Future
Port Walk #2 Fishing Community
Port Walk #3 The Port in Action
Port Walk #4 Why Here
Port Walk #5 The Work is Never Done
Port Walk #6 Women in Fishing
Port Walk #7 Going with the Flow
Port Walk #8 Dungeness Crab
Port Walk #9 What's for Dinner
Port Walk #11 Fish, Fish and More Fish
Port Walk #12 Paid in Fish
Port Walk #13 The Wharf's First Fleet
Port Walk #14 What's in a Name?
Port Walk #15 Banned from Fishing
Port Walk #16 San Francisco's Fishing Fleet
Port Walk #17 Fishing with Nets
Port Walk #18 The Memorial Chapel
Port Walk #19 Danger at Sea
Port Walk #20 Shaped by Nature
Port Walk #21 Protecting the Coast
Port Walk #22 Protecting the Ocean
Port Walk #23 The Ferry Arch
Port Walk #24 The Edge of theCity
Port Walk #25 Treasures in the Mud
Port Walk #26 Hear the Pier
Port Walk #27 Island View

Click the map to download a .pdf version.