 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gig Harbor yakabatanidzwa pamutemo pana July 12, 1946. Kubata hove, kugadzira zvikepe, uye kutema miti ndizvo zvainyanya kushandiswa mune zvoupfumi kusvikira pakavakwa Bridge rokutanga reTacoma Narrowsmuna 1940. Kusvikira panguva iyoyo, nzira huru yokufambisa pakati peGig Harbor nenzvimbo yezveupfumi yeTacoma yaiva pedyo yakanga iri nengarava. Kutanga muna 1836, ngarava dzomumvura dzakatanga kufamba mumvura dzePuget Sound uye nokukurumidza dzakava dzaizivikanwa seMosquito Fleet. Gig Harbor, yakaparadzaniswa neTacoma neSeattle nePuget Sound neTacoma Narrows, yaisagona kusvika nemotokari kana kuti nemabhiza kunze kworwendo rurefu zvikuru uye rwakaoma rwokumaodzanyemba rwakapoteredza Puget Sound neHammersly Inlet. Kukura kwacho kwaizova kwenguva pfupi, sezvo zambuko rokutanga rakakoromoka mwedzi mishomanana rapera kuvakwa. Zvinodikanwa zvepfuma zveHondo yeNyika II zvakatadzisa rimwe zambuko kuvakwa kutozosvikira muna 1950. Pakati penguva apo zambuko rokutanga rakakoromoka uye apo zambuko rechipiri rakapedzwa, basa rechikepe rinotungamirirwa nehurumende rakaendesa vatyairi zvakananga pakati peguta reGig Harbor. Zvisaririra zvechiteshi chechikepe zvichiri kuoneka kunze kwemuromo wechiteshi kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweHarbourview Drive. Nzvimbo yacho yakashandurwa kuva paki duku, umo vanhu vanogona kuona panoramic yeCascade Mountains, Point Defiance, uye Mount Rainier. 