Purchased a few years later and operated by Crown Zellerbach for over 60 years, the mill is now owned by Daishowa America. In 1922, the Port of Port Angeles was formed. The natural deep-water harbor has always attracted shipping and both commercial and sports fishing. The Port also operates a marina, boat haven and international airport. The City also hosts a Coast Guard Station for search and rescue activities in area waters as well as a pilot station where all in-bound vessels pick up a pilot to guide the vessels through the inland waters to other Puget Sound ports.
Tourism is a fast-growing industry due to the natural beauty of the area.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited Port Angeles in 1937 and in 1938 designated the Olympic National Park, which in 1981 was set aside as a World Heritage Site. Every year, three million visitors come to see the beautiful lakes, shoreline, hot springs, glaciers and rain forest. Only 60 miles west, the rainfall is 140 inches annually and the home of the only temperate rain forest in North America. Due to the natural beauty, moderate climate, excellent medical facilities and extensive public transportation system, Port Angeles has become a very popular retirement community and regularly ranks high in national surveys of desirable places to live and retire.