Agate Pass or Agate Passage is a high-current tidal strait in Puget Sound connecting Port Madison and Port Orchard. A strait is a narrow navigable Channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest Port Madison, sometimes called Port Madison Bay is a deep water bay located on the west shore of Puget Sound in western Washington. Port Orchard, part of Washington state's Puget Sound, is the Strait that separates Bainbridge Island on the east from the Kitsap Peninsula It lies between Bainbridge Island and the mainland of the Kitsap Peninsula near Suquamish. Bainbridge Island is an Island in Puget Sound, and is an incorporated city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The Kitsap Peninsula is an arm of land that is part of the larger Olympic Peninsula in Washington Suquamish is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is the northern entrance to Port Orchard, extending about one mile in a straight, southwesterly direction. Port Orchard, part of Washington state's Puget Sound, is the Strait that separates Bainbridge Island on the east from the Kitsap Peninsula The depth is about 20 feet. The shores are wooded and fairly steep. The shoreline is mostly rocky and fringed with kelp to Point Bolin. Kelp are large Seaweeds ( Algae) belonging to the Brown algae and classified in the order Laminariales The tidal currents have velocities up to six knots; the flood tide sets southwesterly, and the ebb tide northeasterly. Characteristics A tide is a repeated cycle of sea level changes in the following stages Over several hours the water rises or advances up a beach in the flood Characteristics A tide is a repeated cycle of sea level changes in the following stages Over several hours the water rises or advances up a beach in the flood
The traditional winter village of the Suquamish people was located on Agate Pass. The Suquamish are a Native American tribe of Washington State in the United States. It was the site of Old Man House, the largest longhouse on Puget Sound. Old Man House was the largest "bighouse" (a type of Longhouse) in what is now the U Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest Agate Pass was unknown to non-native people until it was discovered by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841. The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean ("the Southern Seas" conducted by the United States Navy from Before then, Europeans thought Bainbridge Island was a peninsula. Bainbridge Island is an Island in Puget Sound, and is an incorporated city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It was named by U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes in honor of one of the members of the expedition, Alfred Thomas Agate. Charles Wilkes ( April 3, 1798 &ndash February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. Alfred Thomas Agate ( February 14, 1812, in Sparta New York – January 5, 1846, Washington D
In 1950, a fixed highway bridge, the Agate Pass Bridge was built, connecting Bainbridge Island to the Kitsap Peninsula for the first time. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Agate Pass Bridge is a Structural steel truss Cantilever bridge spanning Agate Pass, connecting Bainbridge Island to the The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of
External links
- History Link article on Charles Wilkes and the first U.S. Navy expedition to explore Puget Sound
- Agate Pass Bridge
- Agate Pass is at coordinates Coordinates:
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