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The child holds a yardstick (0.9 meter long) Map of Wedgwood Rock to Mount Erie. The glacial erratic was carried 55 mi (89 km) by the Vashon Glacier 14,000 years ago Wedgwood Rock is a glacial erratic (known to geologists as the Wedgwood Erratic ) near the neighborhood of Wedgwood in Seattle, Washington .
The term "Puget Sound" is used not just for the body of water but also the Puget Sound region centered on the sound. Major cities on the sound include Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and Everett. Puget Sound is also the second-largest estuary in the United States, after Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia. [8]
The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains. It is characterized by a complex array of saltwater bays, islands, and peninsulas carved out by ...
It is located on Puget Sound between Edmonds and Everett, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of Seattle. The city had a population of 20,254 at the 2010 census and an estimated 2019 population of 21,441. The current site of downtown Mukilteo (also named Old Town) has been inhabited by the Snohomish people for at least 1,000 years before present.
Des Moines (/ d ə ˈ m ɔɪ n z / də-MOYNZ) is a city in King County, Washington, United States.The population was 32,888 as of the 2020 census. [5] The city is located on the east shore of Puget Sound, near the center of the Seattle metropolitan area.
Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census . Shelton has a council–manager form of government and was the last city in Washington to use a mayor–commission form of government.
Seahurst Park's beach along Puget Sound. Seahurst Park, in Burien, Washington (a suburb of Seattle), is a 178-acre (0.72 km 2) park with forests and a beach on Puget Sound. Originally a King County park, it was given to the newly incorporated city of Burien in 1996. The beach is about 2,000 feet (610 m) long, and the upper part of the beach has ...
A view of McNeil Island and the Puget Sound from Steilacoom, Washington The old Anderson Island School. Anderson Island is the southernmost island in Puget Sound and a census-designated place of Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is accessible by boat or a 20-minute ferry ride from Steilacoom. Anderson Island is just south of McNeil ...