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Locations of Salish Sea foot discoveries through January 3, 2019. Since August 20, 2007, at least 20 detached human feet have been found on the coasts of the Salish Sea in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, US. The first discovery, on August 20, 2007, was on Jedediah Island in British Columbia.
The Salish Sea (/ ˈ s eɪ l ɪ ʃ / SAY-lish) is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington.It includes the Strait of Georgia, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, and an intricate network of connecting channels and adjoining waterways.
It sits about 100 feet (30 m) offshore, [7] and has been marked with chiseled and drilled Coast Survey features since 1856, and a bronze geodetic mark was placed on it in 1934. [9] Some sources say that the rock is one of three prominent Salish Sea petroglyphs that were always on the shoreline, [ 10 ] but tectonic activity around the Seattle ...
Making Salish Sea official required a formal application to the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [14] A parallel American movement promoting the name had a different definition, combining of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound as well as the Strait of Georgia and related waters under the more general name Salish Sea. [15]
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Fossils of Sabalites campbelli, extinct Palm leaves, in the Chuckanut Formation. Chuckanut Mountain Looking east from Chuckanut Island. The Chuckanut Mountains (from "Chuckanut", an indigenous word meaning "long beach far from a narrow entrance" [1]), or Chuckanuts, are located on the northern Washington state coast of the Salish Sea, just south of Bellingham, Washington, United States.