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The Colvos Passage is a tidal strait within Puget Sound in the American state of Washington running west of Vashon Island between the island and the Kitsap Peninsula. It lies just north of the Dalco Passage. Colvos Passage has a permanent predominantly northbound current, in contrast to the rest of Puget Sound which varies with the tide.
U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart of Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1867. Puget Sound has been home to many Indigenous peoples, such as the Lushootseed-speaking peoples, as well as the Twana, Chimakum, and Klallam, for millennia. The earliest known presence of Indigenous inhabitants in the Puget Sound region is between 14,000 BCE to 6,000 BCE.
South Basin (lightest blue) marked on a map of Puget Sound Olympia at the southern end of Budd Inlet. South Puget Sound is the southern reaches of Puget Sound in Southwest Washington, in the United States' Pacific Northwest. It is one of five major basins encompassing the entire Sound, and the shallowest basin, with a mean depth of 37 meters ...
It was the first stadium for the UPS football program and was built with a grant from prominent Tacoma businessman John S. Baker; [2] [3] the field is named after former Puget Sound alumni Joe Peyton, who was a long-time coach and faculty member. [2] The stadium has covered seating of 3,000 and uncovered seating of 500. [2]
An aerial view of Base Seattle. District 13 is a United States Coast Guard district, based at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, in Seattle, Washington.It covers the Pacific Northwest and its Area of Responsibility encompasses four states; Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
The site is owned by Puget Sound Energy, Avista and Williams Companies's Northwest Pipeline GP. [1] [2] With 25 billion cubic feet working capacity (47 billion cubic feet total capacity), it is the largest natural gas-storage reservoir in the Pacific Northwest and the 14th largest in the United States. [3] [4]
The magic number is 27 million. It is the number of annual passengers that the Puget Sound is projected to be unable to serve by 2050 if the region’s flight-operation capacity does not increase.
Saratoga Passage lies in Puget Sound between Whidbey Island and Camano Island. Saratoga Passage extends about 18 miles in a northwesterly direction from its entrance between Sandy Point on the Whidbey Island side and Camano Head on the other. At its northern end, Saratoga Passage connects with Penn Cove and Crescent Harbor, and leads east into ...