Tag: Puget Sound

Woodard Bay

Looking Southwest Down Woodard Bay from Weyer Point

This is a view of Woodard Bay, an inlet off of Henderson Inlet (an inlet of Puget Sound) northeast of Olympia. If you look closely (clicking on the image to expand it will help here), you can see the bridge where Woodard Bay Road crosses the inlet. This is high tide. When the tide is out, there isn’t anything except mud from bank to bank … except for the little bit of water from Woodard Creek.

Below is a view of the inside of the canoe, showing the paddle and baskets of oysters and blueberries, and a kneeling mat.

Dugout Canoe Interior and Woodard Bay
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Henderson Inlet

Henderson Inlet and Dugout Canoes

Henderson Inlet is just outside Olympia, Washington and is one of the numerous inlets off of Puget Sound. This is looking northeast from the Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area … on Weyer Point, between Chapman Bay and Woodard Bay. The canoe on the left has a couple of baskets and a paddle on the inside … the baskets have oysters and blueberries in them (or depictions of such).

The image below shows Henderson Inlet from the other side Weyer Point, looking south.

Henderson Inlet South of Weyer Point

Below is looking north again, showing the old dock that was used for the export of logs from back when there was a rail line (the Chehalis Western) running up to help feed the mills of Puget Sound. Notice how dense the pilings are on the dock … a requirement in order for being able to hold the weight of railcars loaded with logs and the engine.

Old Dock at Weyer Point on Henderson Inlet

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Bull Kelp

Bull Kelp

Bull Kelp is a very common seaweed in Puget Sound and provides some important protection for young salmon … and important nutrients for the food chain. It is an annual … what you see here is just the top of a mass of kelp (you can see some of it in the water running down to the left lower corner. A lot of the bull kelp will wash up onto beaches where young kids try to play crack-the-whip with it.

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The Strait meets the Sound

The Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound

Port Townsend (where I live) is at the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound… and at the top of what is referred to as the Admiralty Inlet area.

This image shows the area where the two bodies of water meet. In the distance is Whidbey Island and above it Mt Baker, the northern-most of the stratovolcanoes of the Washington Cascades. Tidal currents in the area can reach 6 knots. (Canoes and kayaks beware!)

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