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Kitsap Peninsula, Washington state
Kitsap Peninsula, Washington state

The Kitsap Peninsula is an arm of land that is part of the larger Olympic Peninsula in Washington state (U. Geography The Olympic Peninsula is home to some of the only Temperate rain forests in the world including the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. S. ) that lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound. 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 Hood Canal separates Kitsap Peninsula from the rest of the Olympic Peninsula. Hood Canal is a Fjord off Puget Sound in the US state of Washington. It encompasses all of Kitsap County except Bainbridge and Blake Islands, as well as the northeastern part of Mason County and the northwestern part of Pierce County. Kitsap County is a County located in the US state of Washington, named after Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish tribe Bainbridge Island is an Island in Puget Sound, and is an incorporated city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Blake Island is an island in Washington state in the United States. Mason County is a County located in the US state of Washington. Pierce County is the second most populous county in the US state of Washington. The highest point on the Kitsap Peninsula is Gold Mountain. The U.S. Navy's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Naval Base Kitsap (comprised of the former NSB Bangor and NS Bremerton) are on the Peninsula. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF is a United States Navy Shipyard covering 179 acres (0 Naval Base Kitsap is a US Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state Its main city is Bremerton. Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States.

Though earlier referred to as the Great Peninsula or Indian Peninsula, its current name comes from Kitsap County, which occupies most of the peninsula. It is thus the namesake of Chief Kitsap, an 18th- and 19th-century warrior and medicine man of the Suquamish Tribe. Kitsap or Ktsap was a war chief of the Suquamish Tribe One source says that he was the most powerful chief on Puget Sound from 1790 to 1845 The Suquamish are a Native American tribe of Washington State in the United States. The Suquamish were one of the historical fishing tribes belonging to the Coast Salish people, and their ancestral grounds were based on the eastern shores of the Kitsap Peninsula. Coast Salish refers to a cultural or ethnographic designation of a subgroup of the First Nations or Native American cultures in British Columbia, Seattle is named after the tribe's most famous leader, Chief Sealth. Chief Seattle or Sealth ( Lushootseed: Ts’ial-la-kum; c 1786 – June 7, 1866) also spelled Seathle, Seathl The Port Madison Indian Reservation, located between Poulsbo and Agate Pass, is the modern Suquamish tribal center. The Port Madison Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in northern Kitsap County, Washington. Poulsbo (the first syllable is pronounced like the name Paul is a city on Liberty Bay in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Agate Pass or Agate Passage is a high-current tidal Strait in Puget Sound connecting Port Madison and Port Orchard. The Kitsap Peninsula is also home to the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, another branch of the Coast Salish people, whose tribal center is the Port Gamble S'Klallam Indian Reservation at Little Boston located on the northwest coast of the peninsula. Klallam (also Clallam, although the spelling with "K" is preferred in all four modern Klallam communities refers to four related indigenous Native Little Boston is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States.

The peninsula is connected to the eastern shore of Puget Sound by Washington State Ferries, which run from Bremerton to Downtown Seattle, from Kingston to Edmonds and from Southworth to West Seattle via Vashon Island, by the Tacoma Narrows Bridge from Point Fosdick to Tacoma, and to the northeastern shore of the main Olympic Peninsula by the Hood Canal Bridge. This page is about the ferry system operated by the state of Washington Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Downtown is the Central business district of Seattle, Washington. Kingston (formerly Apple Tree Cove is a Census-designated place Kitsap County, Washington, United States Kingston is along the shores of Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Southworth is an unincorporated community on Puget Sound in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. West Seattle, a hilly district in Seattle, Washington, encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. Vashon is a Census-designated place (CDP in King County, Washington, United States. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of mile-long Suspension bridges in the U Geography The Olympic Peninsula is home to some of the only Temperate rain forests in the world including the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault The Hood Canal Bridge is located in Washington state in the USA on State Route 104 and connects the Olympic Peninsula and the Kitsap Peninsula

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Kitsap Peninsula Visitor Information

This article is about the US Navy base of Bangor in Washington USA Belfair is an unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington, United States. Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Brownsville is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Chico is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. East Port Orchard is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Gig Harbor is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Gorst is an unincorporated community at the head of Sinclair Inlet in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Hansville is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Indianola is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, located on the north shore of Port Madison Keyport is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Kingston (formerly Apple Tree Cove is a Census-designated place Kitsap County, Washington, United States Kingston is along the shores of Manchester is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Navy Yard City is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Parkwood is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Port Gamble is an unincorporated community on the northwestern shore of the Kitsap Peninsula in Kitsap County, Washington, United States Port Orchard is a city in and the County seat of Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Poulsbo (the first syllable is pronounced like the name Paul is a city on Liberty Bay in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Purdy is a small Unincorporated community north of the city of Gig Harbor, on the northern boundary of Pierce County Washington. Retsil is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Seabeck is a former Mill town in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, on Hood Canal. Silverdale is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States. Southworth is an unincorporated community on Puget Sound in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Suquamish is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Tracyton is a Census-designated place (CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Agate Pass or Agate Passage is a high-current tidal Strait in Puget Sound connecting Port Madison and Port Orchard. Appletree Cove is a bay and estuary on the Kitsap Peninsula. The cove is fed by Carpenter Creek; its Estuary is a tidal flood zone that fills Burke Bay is a small bay on the western shore of Silverdale on the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. Carr Inlet, in southern Puget Sound in the US state of Washington, is an arm of water between Key Peninsula and Gig Harbor Peninsula Case Inlet, in southern Puget Sound in the US state of Washington, is an arm of water between Key Peninsula on the east and Hartstine The Colvos Passage is a tidal Strait within Puget Sound in the American state of Washington running west of Vashon Island between Coon Bay, also known as Sheltered Bay, is a small nearly Landlocked Harbor, which opens to the Hood Canal about 2 Liberty Bay is a narrow inlet extending about 4 miles in a northerly direction from the northwest part of Port Orchard, adjacent to the Kitsap Peninsula in western Dyes Inlet is an inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington State, USA. Hood Canal is a Fjord off Puget Sound in the US state of Washington. Liberty Bay is a narrow inlet extending about 4 miles in a northerly direction from the northwest part of Port Orchard, adjacent to the Kitsap Peninsula in western Phinney Bay is a small Bay, 08 miles long near and just off the north end of the Port Washington Narrows in the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington Port Gamble is an unincorporated community on the northwestern shore of the Kitsap Peninsula in Kitsap County, Washington, United States 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 The Port Washington Narrows is a tidal Strait located in Bremerton Washington. ManchesterWashingtonWaterfrontJPG|right|thumb|300px| The east end of Rich Passage from a Manchester beach]] Rich Passage is a tidal Strait in Puget Sound Sinclair Inlet is an arm of Puget Sound in Kitsap County, Washington, USA Narrowsjpg|thumb|277px|right|The Tacoma Narrows as viewed from Tacoma facing northwest towards the Kitsap Peninsula Foulweather Bluff is a Cliff which lies on the north end of the Manette Peninsula along Puget Sound, on the east side of the entrance to the Hood Canal The Manette Peninsula is a Headland that is part of the larger Kitsap Peninsula, located on the eastern flank of the Olympic Peninsula, in western Norwegian Point is low and rounding about 02 mile northwest of Hansville Washington in Kitsap County Washington, located at the northern end of the Kitsap Point No Point is an outcropping of land on the northeast point of the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington, the United States. Point Southworth lies on Kitsap Peninsula on the western side of the northern entrance to Colvos Passage in Puget Sound. Teekalet Bluff is a Cliff located on the Kitsap Peninsula along Hood Canal, near Port Gamble Washington.
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