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Map of North End of Hood Canal
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- Formation of Hood Canal
began 3 million years ago. The current shape of Hood Canal was created by glaciers 15,000 years ago.
Hood Canal is 61 miles long and has 242 miles of
shoreline.
- The average width is 1.5 miles, being only 1/2 mile wide at Sisters Point and about 4 miles between Seabeck and Brinnon.
- Depths exceed 600 feet in Dabob Bay, and average 500 feet in the central channel between Seabeck and DeWatto.
- A sill at the entrance of Hood Canal slows flushing action and deep water circulation. This situation causes the canal to flush very slowly, taking
approximately 6 months to complete the process.
- Hood Canal is located in the
North West corner of Washington State. Situated between Jefferson and Kitsap counties and about 40 miles west of Seattle.
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visitor can view the Olympics and Cascades from its shores.
- Hood Canal was named for Lord Hood by Captain George Vancouver May 13, 1792. It was given the name "Hood's Channel". However Vancouver did call it a channel in his journals but wrote 'canal' on his charts.
- The
northern part of Hood Canal is Puget Sound and the
southern point being past Potlach.
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Hood Canal Coalition, P.O Box 65279, Port Ludlow, WA 98365
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