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Illahee State Park is an 82-acre (33 ha) Washington state park located in the hamlet of Illahee, just north of East Bremerton, on Port Orchard Bay, part of Puget Sound. The word "Illahee" means earth or country in the Native language Chinuk Wawa. The park was established when Kitsap County donated 13 acres to the state in 1934.
Midas Johnson, 8, attempts to do a flip off the dock while cooling off from the triple digit heat with family members at Illahee State Park in Bremerton in this 2021 Kitsap Sun file photo.
Illahee is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, [1] between Bremerton and Silverdale. It is home to Illahee State Park and other local parks. The word "Illahee" means earth or country in the nearly-extinct pidgin language Chinuk Wawa , commonly spoken in the area until the early twentieth century.
The first two parks were formed from donated land in 1915, and by 1929 the state had seven parks. In 1947 the State Parks Committee was renamed to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and given authority to oversee the state park system. By 1960 the number of state parks had increased to 130.
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