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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Puget Sound, Whidbey Island, Deception Pass, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Fox Island, Washington, Vashon, Washington, Harstine Island, Washington, Hood Canal, Quartermaster Harbor, McNeil Island, Manette Peninsula, Anderson Island, Kitsap Peninsula, Blake Island, Commencement Bay, Camano Island, Maury Island, Admiralty Inlet, Saratoga Passage, Point Hannon, Fidalgo Island, Herron Island, Indian Island, Washington, Protection Island, Elliott Bay, Ketron Island, Gedney Island, Point No Point, Possession Sound, Raft Island, Stretch Island, Agate Pass, Port Madison, Hammersley Inlet, Point Wilson, Rich Passage, Key Peninsula, Tacoma Narrows, Squaxin Island, Pickering Passage, Colvos Passage, Foulweather Bluff, Reach Island, Coon Bay, Port Orchard, Point Partridge, Carr Inlet, Shilshole Bay, Port Gardner, Port Washington Narrows, Pitt Passage, Point Southworth, Peale Passage, Dalco Passage, Oakland Bay, Teekalet Bluff. Excerpt: Puget Sound - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Puget Sound U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart of Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1867There are various definitions of the extent and boundaries of Puget Sound. In 1792 George Vancouver gave the name "Puget's Sound" to the waters south of the Tacoma Narrows, in honor of Peter Puget, a lieutenant accompanying him on the Vancouver Expedition. The name later came to be used for the waters north of Tacoma Narrows as well. The USGS defines Puget Sound as all the waters south of three entrances - the main entrance at Admiralty Inlet being a line between Point Wilson, on the Olympic Peninsula, and Point Partridge, on Whidbey Island; a second entrance at Deception Pass being a line f...
