Port Townsend Ship Canal

Port Townsend Ship Canal

The Port Townsend Ship Canal links Port Townsend Bay with Oak Bay in Jefferson County, Washington. Prior to construction this area was occupied by a broad sand flat and backshore marsh [US Coast Survey, 1856. T-sheet number 581 Port Townsend, Admiralty Inlet, Washing Territory, sheet 1 of 2 by A.D. Bache] [US Coast Survey, 1872. T-sheet number 1304 Oak Bay, Washing Territory by Benjamin Pierce] .

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