WASHINGTON STATE COASTAL WATERS

Washington State abounds in the most beautiful waterways. The coastline is convoluted and extensive, with wild Pacific Ocean coasts that are wilderness areas in the Olympic National Park area. Further south there are fishing towns and wetlands and bays and long sandy coastlines. To the north of the Olympic Penninsula are the Straits of Juan De Fuca, leading to the entrance to Puget Sound which abounds with relatively protected inland waters, larger than any others in the United States, other than Chesapeake Bay. To the North of the Straits are many islands, from the serene San Juan Island group, to Vancouver Island in Canada to the north of the Straits, to Whidbey Island, one of the longest Islands in the United States, only exceeded by Long Island in New York.
 

Deception Pass, at the North end of Whidbey Island

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