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Where
is Hood Canal?
Hood Canal is a
Fjord over 50 miles long located in northwestern Washington State. Hood Canal is on the east side of
Washington’s famous Olympic Peninsula.
Hood Canal is part of Washington’s inland
coastal waters. It extends from
Admiralty Inlet about 15 miles south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Strait of Juan de Fuca is a 15 mile
wide strait between Washington’s Olympic Peninsula and Canada’s Vancouver
Island.
Hood Canal is
roughly 20 miles west of Seattle.
The Kitsap peninsula separates Seattle and Puget Sound from the Hood
Canal. The cities of the Kitsap
Peninsula include Bremerton, Poulsbo, Silverdale, Gig Harbor, Kingston, and
Belfair.
The Canal goes in
a south westerly direction west of Puget Sound and at the southern end
turns east north east for 15 miles.
With its lack of cities and port facilities, Hood Canal is used
mainly for recreational purposes.
There is a map of
Hood Canal at the bottom of this page.
Hood
Canal
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