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Meadow Point, nearly opposite Point Monroe, is a low, grassy point, with a marshy lagoon within, and higher ground behind it. West Point is low, but rises abruptly to an elevation of over 300 feet (91 m.) 3% mile from its extremity, which is marked by a lighthouse and fog signal on a white square tower. The edge of the shoal extending southwestward from the point is marked by a black buoy. Submarine telegraph cables are laid out close to the north side of the point.

West Point Lighthouse.-The light is alternating flashing red and white every 5 seconds, flash 1 second. The fog signal is a reed. horn (blast 5 seconds, silent 25 seconds).

Elliot Bay and Seattle Harbor are described under a separate heading on page 229.

WESTERN SHORE

Point Wilson is low, but rises rapidly to the high bluffs extending eastward from Port Discovery. Its eastern end is marked by Point Wilson Lighthouse, an octagonal tower on fog-signal building. The light is fixed white, with red flash of 2 seconds' duration every 20 seconds. The fog signal is a siren (blast 4 seconds, silent 26 seconds), and is reported to be difficult to hear in certain directions close by it.

Shoals extend 1/2 mile northward of Point Wilson to the 5-fathom (9.1 m.) curve, over irregular bottom; these are generally indicated. by kelp. The eastern edge of the shoals rises rather abruptly from deep water. A buoy is placed off the foul ground in 7 fathoms (12.8 m.) 3/4 mile 312° true (WNW. 3% W. mag.) from Point Wilson Lighthouse. Heavy tide rips extend northward of these shoals, being especially heavy with a westerly wind and ebb current.

The area in the vicinity of the buoy was examined by the wire drag in 1925 and no obstructions were found. The sunken rock formerly shown there was expunged from the chart.

In approaching Point Wilson in thick or foggy weather the lead should be kept going, especially if the fog signal is not heard.

Port Townsend is described under a separate heading following. Marrowstone Point, the eastern point at the entrance to Port Townsend, is low at its extremity but rises abruptly to a bluff about 120 feet (37 m.) high. The eastern extremity of the point is marked by a light. There are landing wharves built out on both sides of Marrowstone Point about 1/2 mile from the light, and submarine telegraph cables are laid northwestward and southeastward from both of them.

Marrowstone Point Lighthouse, a small square structure, shows a group flashing white (flash 2.5 seconds, eclipse 1 second, flash 2.5 seconds, eclipse 4 seconds), 28 feet (8.5 m.) above high water and visible 11 miles. The fog signal is a reed horn sounding a group of 3 blasts every 30 seconds.

Foulweather Bluff is bold and wooded and over 200 feet (61 m.) high; its northern face is a bare bluff and the bottom deepens gradually northward of the head. The 20-fathom (37 m.) curve lies about 3⁄4 mile, and depths of less than 6 fathoms (11 m.) are nearly 2 mile northward of the head. There are several bowlders exposed at low tide within 100 yards northward of the highest part of the

bluff, and sunken bowlders are reported as reaching 200 yards eastward from the end, and in line with the face of the bluff. If overtaken by fog, temporary anchorage may be had 1/2 mile northward of Foulweather Bluff, in not less than 10 fathoms (18.3 m.).

Port Ludlow and Hood Canal are described under separate headings following.

Point No Point, on the west shore of the sound 32 miles eastward from Foulweather Bluff, is a low sand spit marked with a lighthouse and fog-signal station. The light, shown from a white square tower, is group flashing white (3 flashes every 10 seconds), and the fog signal is a reed horn (blast 3 seconds, silent 3 seconds, blast 3 seconds, silent 21 seconds). There is a post office located here for settlers in the vicinity. The low rounding point 1 mile westward from Point No Point is locally known as Norwegian Point, and has some houses upon it. On the rising ground 1/4 mile southward from Norwegian Point is a small settlement known as Hansville.

Apple Cove Point is a low sand spit projecting 220 yards from the high, wooded land 6 miles southward of Point No Point. It has some houses upon it. It is steep-to at the point, but a shoal makes out nearly 21⁄2 mile southeastward from it. A landing wharf for a summer resort called Sand Point is built in the bight 1 mile westward from the point.

Apple Tree Cove is the open bight on the west side of the sound 11⁄2 miles southward of Apple Cove Point. It affords anchorage in 5 to 10 fathoms (9.1 to 18.3 m.) inside the line of the points, with some shelter from winds drawing in or out of the sound, but not from northward and southeast. The post village of Kingston is on the north side of the cove and has a wharf built out to 10 feet (3 m.). Fort Madison (chart 6443) is on the western shore of Puget Sound, 12 miles southward of Point No Point. It is included between the northern end of Bainbridge Island and Point Jefferson, and is 22 miles in length with an average width of 2 miles. The depths range from over 80 fathoms (146 m.) at the entrance to 20 fathoms (37 m.) less than 1/2 mile from the beach, but the port affords anchorage closer inshore in 15 to 16 fathoms (27.4 to 29.3 m.), sticky bottom. In the southwestern part it connects with Port Orchard through Agate Passage.

The north shore is formed by broken, white bluffs with low beaches between and bordered by sand and shingle beaches, bare at low water in some cases for a distance of nearly 1/4 mile. The bluffs on the western shore are moderately low; the buildings of the Indian reservation near the entrance to Agate Passage are prominent. There is a wharf built out to 14 feet (4.3 m.), and Suquamish post office is located there. The southern shore is composed of broken bluffs, except where it is indented by the narrow arm extending southward about 1 mile, on which is situated the town of Port Madison. Point Monroe, the southern point at the entrance, is a low, narrow, sand spit, curving westward and southward and marked by a light.

The entrance to the inlet leading to the town of Port Madison is about 3/4 mile westward of the light. The town has become a summer resort for a large number of Seattle residents. The channel in entering is narrow with a least depth of 9 feet (2.7 m.), and local knowledge is necessary to keep in the best water. There is a wharf

built out from the east shore about 400 yards inside the entrance, but the landing wharf for steamers is now just outside the narrow entrance, and has 10 feet (3 m.) at the end. The old mill wharf is in ruins. There is a shingle mill farther up the inlet.

The approach to Port Madison Harbor has been examined by the wire drag and found free from obstructions.

Murdens Cove is an open bight, 134 miles across, on the west side of the sound 3 miles southward of Point Monroe. It has a flat 3% mile broad at the head which bares at low tide, and outside of it the depth increases rapidly to 15 fathoms (27.4 m.) on the line of the point. Skiff Point, on the north side, has low, yellow bluffs to the southward. Yemoalt Point, on the south, is a low, grassy sand spit 150 yards broad, rising gradually to the general level of the high land. Manitou Beach is a settlement on the north side of Murdens Cove, and has a wharf built out to 8 feet (2.4 m.). The post office is named Rolling Bay, and has a landing wharf with 9 feet (2.7 m.) on the on the north side of Skiff Point. On the south side of the cove is a wharf with 6 feet (1.8 m.) at the end, and 1/4 mile westward from Yemoalt Point is another wharf with 8 feet (2.4 m.).

Eagle Harbor is described under a separate heading on page 236. Blakely Harbor (charts 6444 or 6445) is a small inlet situated on the eastern shore of Bainbridge Island, near its southern end. It is about 1 mile in length and at the entrance nearly 2 mile wide, narrowing to the head. The depths range from 18 fathoms (33 m.) at the entrance to 32 fathoms (6.4 m.) near the head. The usual anchorage is near the entrance in 9 to 16 fathoms (16.5 to 29.3 m.), sticky bottom, slightly favoring the southern shore.

Blakely, at the head of the harbor, is a large mill port and exports a considerable amount of lumber. There are ample wharfage facilities, with depths for deep-draft vessels. Provisions, water, and tugs can be obtained. Communication with Seattle is had by means of a steamer making regular trips and by telephone.

Blakely Rock is prominent in approaching; it lies 3/4 mile northward of Restoration Point and at high water shows about 15 feet (4.6 m.) at its highest point. It is 400 yards in extent, with shoal water, well marked by kelp, extending over 250 yards northward. The rock is marked by a flashing red light.

Directions are not needed for entering Blakely Harbor. Blakely Rock may be passed on either side but, if passing northward of it, should be given a berth of not less than 1/4 mile.

Restoration Point is flat and about 10 feet (3 m.) above high water for 300 yards, beyond which it rises abruptly to a wooded knoll about 100 feet (30.5 m.) high, on which a number of large residences are prominent.

Decatur Reef, partly bare at low water, extends 300 yards eastward from Restoration Point. The reef is marked by a gas and bell buoy off its outer end in 10 fathoms (18.3 m.).

PORT TOWNSEND

(chart 6405) lies immediately southward of Point Wilson, and has its entrance between Point Hudson and Marrowstone Point. It extends in a general south-southwest direction for 21⁄2 miles, with an

average width of 11/2 miles, and then turns southeastward for 3 miles, with a reduced width, to its head. Inside Point Hudson the depths range from 15 to 8 fathoms (27.4 to 14.6 m.) to Port Hadlock, at the head of the bay. It is an excellent harbor with good anchorage throughout and easily entered.

Point Hudson, on the western shore, about 134 miles southeastward from Point Wilson, is low and sandy. Its extremity is marked by an unwatched occulting white light (light 3 seconds, eclipse 2 seconds). On the high land back of Point Hudson. is a wireless telegraph station, and in the depression between the hill and the summit of Point Wilson are the buildings of a military post, in front of which is a wharf for landing supplies. Northward of Point Hudson shoals make out for nearly 1/4 mile, the outer limits being marked by a buoy.

Marrowstone Point, the eastern point at the entrance, is described on page 216.

Midchannel Bank extends northwestward from Marrowstone Point about 2 miles toward Point Wilson, with depths varying from 534 to 10 fathoms (18.3 m.).

Kilisut Harbor is a narrow inlet extending 4 miles in a southeasterly direction, with an average width of 11⁄2 mile; the entrance is 212 miles westward of Marrowstone Point. The channel entering is winding, with a depth of about 11 feet (3.4 m.); inside good anchorage is afforded in 4 to 5 fathoms (7.3 to 9.1 m.). At the southern end it connects at high water with Oak Bay, a small cove opening into Admiralty Inlet. This inlet is little used and local knowledge is necessary to enter.

Port Townsend, the principal town, is situated on the western shore immediately southward and westward of Point Hudson. It is a port of entry for Puget Sound. The depths at the wharves are ample.

Fort Townsend, on the western shore about 3 miles southward of Port Townsend, is an abandoned military post; the buildings are visible from the anchorage.

Irondale, on the western shore about 1 mile from the head of the bay, is the site of an abandoned iron mill. The wharf is in a dilapidated condition.

Port Hadlock, at the head of the harbor, formerly exported considerable lumber. The sawmill has burned, but the wharves remain.

Oak Bay is connected with the head of Port Townsend by a channel dredged 75 feet wide and 15 feet (4.6 m.) deep, with jetties at the south end. It is marked by a lighted range and a light on the south jetty at the Oak Bay entrance. The channel is subject to considerable shoaling. In 1924 there was an effective depth of 12 feet (3.7 m.) in this dredged channel.

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Anchorage. The usual anchorage is 1 to 1/2 miles southward of Point Hudson in 8 to 10 fathoms (14.6 to 18.3 m.), muddy bottom. In southerly gales, better anchorage is afforded in the bight northward of Port Townsend, in 8 to 10 fathoms (14.6 to 18.3 m.), muddy bottom, as the cliffs afford some protection.

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Prohibited anchorage.-Vessels are requested not to anchor on a line running 63° true (NE. 1⁄2 N. mag.) from Point Wilson Lighthouse nor in the area 25 mile southeastward of that line.

Do not anchor on a line running 128° true (ESE. 34 E. mag.) from Point Wilson Lighthouse nor within 25 mile southwestward of that line.

Do not anchor on a line running 7° true (N. by W. 11⁄2 W. mag.) from Marrowstone Point Light nor 25 mile westward of that line. Quarantine. There is a national quarantine office, and vessels bound to ports in Washington are boarded here. The national quarantine station is at Port Discovery, 7 miles southwestward from Point Wilson.

Harbor regulations are enforced by a harbor master. The following is a summary of the principal provisions:

1. It is forbidden to dump ashes, or any material which will sink, from any wharf or vessel alongside a wharf.

2. Vessels desiring to discharge ballast must first obtain a written permit from the harbor master.

3. Vessels carrying explosives are forbidden to dock without first obtaining a written permit from the harbor master.

Fees for the above permits range from $1 to $3.

Supplies. Provisions and ship chandlers' stores can be obtained. Water may be had at the wharves. A limited amount of coal is on hand, but any amount can be supplied at short notice. Fuel oil may be obtained in limited amounts.

Repairs. There are no dry docks, and minor repairs only can be made. There are facilities for hauling out launches and fishing boats.

Hospitals. A marine hospital of the United States Public Health Service is situated at Port Townsend.

Pilots.-Pilots for Puget Sound and Alaska may be had at Port Townsend.

Storm warnings, day and night, are displayed by the Weather Bureau from a steel tower in front of the marine hospital.

Communication with ports in Puget Sound and British Columbia is had by regular steamers, and there is a railway car ferry service to Seattle. There are telegraph and telephone facilities. Port Townsend is connected by rail to Port Angeles. There is a highway to Seattle.

PORT LUDLOW

The entrance to this harbor, on the western shore of Admiralty Inlet, lies 9 miles southward of Marrowstone Point and on the west side at the entrance to Hood Canal. From the entrance, which is broad, the bay extends in a general southerly direction 21⁄2 miles, terminating in a basin 1⁄2 mile in diameter. The basin affords good anchorage in 7 to 8 fathoms (12.8 to 14.6 m.), soft bottom; the shores are fairly steep.

Tala Point, the eastern point at the entrance and the dividing point between the harbor and Hood Canal, is bluff and wooded and about 250 feet (76 m.) high. Colvos Rocks, three in number, lie 114 miles 338° true (NW. mag.) from Tala Point and about 1/4 mile offshore; the western one is 25 feet (7.6 m.) high, of small extent, with deep water around it. From the other two a bank with 8 to 27

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