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Positions of places shown on the chart can be measured from the longitude and latitude scales on the borders of the chart, relative to a geodetic datum such as WGS 84. A bearing is the angle between the line joining the two points of interest and the line from one of the points to the north, such as a ship's course or a compass reading to a ...
View north from La Conner of the Swinomish Channel Location of the Swinomish Channel. The Swinomish Channel is an 11-mile (18 km) long [1] salt-water channel in Washington state, United States, which connects Skagit Bay to the south and Padilla Bay to the north, separating Fidalgo Island from mainland Skagit County. [2]
Average depth: 87 ft (27 m) Max. depth: 180 ft (55 m) Water volume: 67,300 acre⋅ft (83,000,000 m 3) [3] Surface elevation: 2,503 ft (763 m) Islands: Kim Island is the only permanent island, sutuated toward the west end of the lake. There are a few very shallow areas that break the surface depending on water levels.
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 ...
wsdot.wa.gov /travel /washington-state-ferries Washington State Ferries ( WSF ) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington . It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands .
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Navigation starts at Webster Point in Lake Washington and continues to Shilshole Bay. Speed limit is 7 knots with more restrictions including 2.5 knots for entering and exiting the locks. Canal traffic signals present 1,000 feet (304.8 m) each side of the Montlake Bridge and east of the Fremont bridge and west of the Ballard Bridge. Vessels 300 ...
The south end's weather is notably dry, with Chelan averaging only 11.4 inches (29 cm) of rain per year, along with 21.8 inches (55 cm) of snow. Stehekin receives an average of 35.5 inches (90 cm) of rain per year, and 122.5 inches (311 cm) of snow. Other than precipitation trends, the climates are remarkably similar.