Totten Inlet extends southwestward from the western end of Squaxin Passage. It is about 8 miles long and varies in width from 1/4 to over 134 miles. The depths range from 4 to 14 fathoms (7.3 to 25.6 m.), with extensive shoals and flats, some bare at low water. Skookum Inlet is a small, shoal inlet on the western shore with a narrow entrance. The oyster industry in Totten Inlet is quite extensive and the main commercial interest. There is good anchorage anywhere inside from the entrance to the mouth of Skookum Inlet, above which the inlet is shoal; in entering favor the western shore to avoid the spit extending from Steamboat Island.

Hammersley Inlet enters the western shore of the sound 1 mile north of the western end of Squaxin Passage. It is 6 miles in length, expanding at its head into Oakland Bay, which is 311⁄2 miles long in a northeast and southwest direction and from 14 to 11⁄2 mile wide. The inlet averages 1/4 mile in width and is much obstructed by shoals, particularly at its mouth, where there is an extensive bar. It is navigated by light-draft vessels only, and by tugboats with log rafts, and local knowledge is required. The tidal currents have considerable velocity.

Arcadia post office is located on the south point of the entrance, which is marked by a light.

Church Point is on the north side of the inlet 32 miles from the entrance and is marked by a light. In the bend 1/2 mile eastward from Church Point is a sawmill, and 1 mile westward from Church Point, on the north side of the inlet, is Hoballa post office.

Shelton is a town at the mouth of Shelton Creek, on the west side of the inlet, at the hollow of the great bend northward. Extensive logging interests are centered here. It is on a branch of the Northern Pacific Railway, and lumber is shipped by rail only. Railway trestles extend across the flats, which are used as log dumps. There is communication with Olympia by light-draft steamers and telegraph. Launch fuel and some supplies can be obtained.

WESTERN SHORE

From Point Defiance to the head of the sound the western shore is broken by a number of inlets and passages which afford communication to many small settlements devoted to lumbering or agriculture. Hale Passage, between Fox Island and the mainland, enters on the western shore 5 miles southward from Point Defiance. It is 4 miles in length and varies in width from 1 mile at its eastern end to less than 3⁄4 mile at its western end, where it connects with Carr Inlet. The tidal currents have considerable velocity.

Sylvan, a post village on the south side of Hale Passage, on the east side of the bight in Fox Island southward of Grave Island, has a landing wharf in 6 feet (1.8 m.) of water. A church, schoolhouse, and store are located here, and the village has telephone connection with Tacoma.

There are fruit farms all along the north shore of Hale Passage, also on Fox Island. Warren is a village of about 25 houses on the north shore of the passage abreast the northwest end of Fox Island. It has a float landing. Arletta, also on the north side in the bight

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abreast the western mouth of Hale Passage, has a wharf built out to 6 feet (1.8 m.).

Whollochet Bay is a small inlet about 2 miles long and 1/4 mile wide extending northward from Hale Passage about 1 mile inside the eastern entrance. The upper part of the bay is narrow and shoal. It affords an anchorage about 1/2 mile inside in mid-channel in 11 to 12 fathoms (20.1 to 21.9 m.), sticky bottom. Bergs Landing, with 10 feet (3 m.) at the wharf, is located on the east point at the entrance, and there are farmhouses on both sides of the bay. Whollochet landing wharf is built out to 6 feet (1.8 m.) of water from the east shore of the bay near the head.

Carr Inlet is described under a separate heading following.

Balch Passage, between McNeil and Anderson Islands, is the channel most used by vessels bound to Olympia; it is 2 miles long with an average width of 5% mile, and connects at its western end with Drayton Passage.

The Federal penitentiary, on the southeastern side of McNeil Island, is prominent when approaching; it has a wharf built out to 12 feet (3.7 m.). Bee post office, on the south shore of McNeil Island, 1 mile westward of the penitentiary wharf, has a wharf in 11 feet (3.4 m.) of water.

Eagle Island, small, low, and wooded, lies near the middle of Balch Passage, 1 mile from Anderson Island, and is marked on its southern end by a fixed white post light. On the shore of Anderson Island southward from Eagle Island is Johnson Landing, with 8 feet (2.4 m.) at the wharf.

Eagle Island Shoal, with 5 feet (1.5 m.) over it, lies 300 yards westward from Eagle Island.

Oro Bay, in the southeastern part of Anderson Island, is an irregular bight, the greater part of which is shoal; it affords an indifferent anchorage in about 10 fathoms (18.3 m.), but is affected by the currents and affords no protection in northerly weather. Vega is a post village on the south shore of the bay.

Drayton Passage, westward of Anderson Island, is about 3 miles long in a north and south direction and about 1 mile wide, connecting with Pitt and Balch Passages at its north end and at its southern end with the western part of Nisqually Reach. With the exception of a spit extending 1/4 mile from the western shore 1 mile northward of the southern entrance, the waters are deep and free from hidden dangers. Filuce Bay, on the western shore at the junction of Pitt Passage, is 11⁄2 miles long and irregular in shape. Its widest part, 3% mile, is at the entrance. Good anchorage in 7 to 8 fathoms (12.8 to 14.6 m.), muddy bottom, is afforded 1/4 mile inside the entrance. There are numerous houses around the shores of this bay, and Longbranch post village, with wharf built out to 9 feet (2.7 m.), is in the small cove 5 mile from and opposite the entrance.

Amsterdam Bay, on the eastern shore of Drayton Passage 3/4 mile northward of Point Treble, is shoal. The village of Amsterdam is situated on its north, shore, and is served by two float landings at the mouth of the bay.

Pitt Passage, westward of McNeil Island, connects Drayton Passage and Carr Inlet. It is badly obstructed about midway of its length by Pitt Island and its surrounding rocks and shoals, and is

used only by small craft with local knowledge. Wyckoff Shoal, partly bare at low tide, extends 3/4 mile westward from the northwestern end of McNeil Island. Meridian, a post village having a sawmill with wharf built out to 4 feet (1.2 m.), is situated on the eastern shore of the passage, 3% mile inside the southern entrance.

Devils Head, the western point at the southern entrance to Drayton Passage, is 280 feet (85 m.) high and heavily wooded. From this point the shore, broken by two small shallow bights of no importance, extends northwestward for 5 miles and then bends northward, forming the eastern shore of Case Inlet, which is described under a separate heading following.

CARR INLET

enters the western shore 8 miles southward of Point Defiance. From the entrance between Fox and McNeil Islands it extends about 6 miles west-northwestward and then trends northward for 8 miles, terminating in flats at the head. Good anchorage is afforded at and near the head in 6 to 15 fathoms (11 to 27.4 m.), soft bottom, and in several small coves on its southern and eastern shores. From the entrance a mid-channel course may be followed with safety.

Gertrude post village is on the south side of Carr Inlet, in the bight on the north side of McNeil Island southward of Gertrudis Island. It has a landing in 7 feet (2.1 m.) of water. The bay is locally known as Still Harbor. A sawmill and box factory are

located here.

De Lano is a summer resort on the south side of Carr Inlet in the bight westward of South Head. It has a landing wharf 800 feet long built out to 7 feet (2.1 m.).

Lake Bay, in Mayo Cove, south side of Carr Inlet, is a post village with a landing wharf 350 feet long, dry at low tide. A sawmill, run by water power from a lake in the interior, is located at the head of the cove, and a fertilizer factory on the west side near the entrance.

Home Landing is on the west side of Von Geldern Cove, which is locally known as Joe Bay. The wharf has 7 feet (2.1 m.) at low water at the end. A farming and manufacturing colony occupies the shores of the cove.

Glencove post village is on the west side of Carr Inlet in Glen Cove, 5 miles north-northwestward from South Head. It has a wharf which dries at low tide. A road leads across to Vaughn Bay in Case Inlet.

Elgin post village is in Huge Creek on the west side of Carr Inlet. A wharf, accessible at high tide only, is built out from the point on the north side. Considerable quantities of logs are towed from the creek.

Wauna is a post village at the head of Carr Inlet, where the spit inclosing Burley Lagoon joins the mainland. There are about a dozen houses, with store, schoolhouse, and hotel on the town site. It has telephone connection with Tacoma; a county road leads hence along the spit and across the entrance to the lagoon over a drawbridge to Rosedale and Gig Harbor. The landing wharf dries at low tide. Burley is a post village at the head of the lagoon. On the

east side of Carr Inlet, opposite Wauna, is Blake's logging camp with wharf at the end of a railway said to be 10 miles long.

Rosedale post village is on the bay on the east side of Carr Inlet eastward of Raft Island. There are two landing wharves built out to 7 feet (2.1 m.). Farm produce is shipped.

CASE INLET

extends northwestward for 4 miles and then trends northward for 10 miles more, terminating in flats at the head, which is but 2 miles from the head of Hood Canal. Its average width is 111⁄2 miles, narrowing at the head. The depths are irregular, varying from 10 to 30 fathoms (18.3 to 55 m.), but there are no outlying dangers. For 7 miles the western shore is formed by Hartstene Island. Herron Island, steep and bluff on its western face, lies near the eastern shore 4 miles from the entrance; the channel eastward of the island is not recommended, as at the northern end it has a sharp turn and is obstructed by shoals making off from the island and from the eastern shore. At the northern end of Hartstene Island is the entrance to Pickering Passage. Good anchorage may be had anywhere northward of Hartstene Island, in 6 to 15 fathoms (11 to 27.4 m.), muddy buttom, and a mid-channel course through the inlet is clear of all dangers to within 2 miles of the land, where the flats begin.

Point Wilson, on the west side at the southern entrance to the inlet, has a float landing which serves a small farming community.

Ballow is a post village with float landing situated on the western shore of the inlet, 24 miles northwestward from Point Wilson. McMicken Island lies 11⁄2 mile northward from the village and is connected with the shores by a flat bare at low tide.

Herron, with wharf built out to 2 feet (0.6 m.), is a post village on the eastern shore, 1/2 mile northward from Herron Island.

Pickering Passage enters the western shore of Case Inlet, 2 miles northwestward from Herron Island. The passage extends in a general southerly direction for 8 miles, connecting at its southern end with Peale Passage and Totten Inlet. The width varies from 14 to 11⁄2 mile, the shores are generally low and wooded, and the depths vary from 6 to 15 fathoms (11.0 to 27.4 m.). Except for the shoals extending eastward from the mouth of Hammersley Inlet, the passage is free from outlying dangers and a mid-channel course can be followed with safety. Hartstene, in Geralds Cove, on the north shore of Hartstene Island, and Grant, on the western shore of the passage at the bend, are post villages and the only settlements on the passage.

Stretch Island lies near the western shore of Case Inlet, just northward of the entrance to Pickering Passage. The northern part of the island is partly cleared of trees and laid out in orchards. Eckert Landing is a small settlement on the north shore of the island. It has a float landing in 8 feet (2.4 m.) of water.

Detroit is a post village on the western shore of the inlet in the bay between Stretch and Reach Islands. It has a float landing.

The small bay on the east side of the inlet, 2/2 miles northward of Herron Island, is known as Dutcher Cove.

Vaughn post village, with a wharf in 1 foot (0.3 m.) of water, is on the north side of Vaughn Bay, around the shores of which are numerous houses and orchards. A county road leads hence to Glencove, on Carr Inlet, and northward around the head of Case Inlet, and a logging railroad leads into the interior. The bay has deep water in the entrance and an area with depths of 2 to 312 fathoms (3.7 to 6.4 m.) in the southern part, but the remainder of the bay is shoal and is not accessible at low tide.

Rocky Bay is the local name for the shoal bay northward of Vaughn Bay. It has many settlers about it. A float landing in 10 feet (3.0 m.) of water is established northward of the point dividing the two bays and used at low tide when Vaughn Bay can not be entered.

Allyn is a post village of about 20 houses on the west side of Case Inlet near the head 1/2 mile northward of Sherwood Creek. It has a landing wharf with about 1 foot (0.3 m.) of water at low tide. Oyster culture is the principal industry in which many settlers here and around the head of the inlet are engaged, in addition to fruit raising.

Victor is a small village directly across (east) from Allyn. It has a wharf built out to 6 feet (1.8 m.), from which oysters and poultry are shipped.

Eberhardt Cove is the local name of the small cove on the west side of Case Inlet 114 miles southward of Sherwood Creek. It is the terminus of a logging railway, 10 miles long, to Lake Mason.

BUDD INLET (OLYMPIA HARBOR)

(chart 6462) is 26 miles from Tacoma. It is 6 miles in length with an average width of 1 mile, extending southward from Dana Passage and terminating in flats bare at low water. The entrance is 42 miles southwestward from Johnson Point Light, between Cooper Point and Dofflemyer Point, the latter being marked by a fixed white post light. The depths range from 42 to 6 fathoms (8.2 to 11.0 m.), and good anchorage may be had anywhere inside the entrance in muddy bottom. The shores are comparatively low and wooded, and the depths shoal less abruptly on the eastern than on the western side of the inlet. The southern half of the bay is obstructed by flats and shoals that bare for 34 mile at low water, through which channels have been dredged to the Olympia water front, and a shoal with 5 to 12 feet (1.5 to 3.7 m.) over it extends 700 yards from the eastern shore between Olympia Shoal and the entrance to the dredged channel.

Olympia Shoal lies 3% mile off the western shore and 3/4 mile northward of Butler Cove, a small bight on the western shore, 4 miles southward of Point Cooper. It bares at extreme low water and is marked by a red buoy placed in 51⁄2 fathoms (10.0 m.) about 200 yards northward from the shoal.

The harbor has been improved by the Government by dredging an east channel, 250 feet wide and 12 feet (3.7 m.) deep at mean lower low water, from deep water through the flats at the head of the inlet to Olympia, with a turning basin 500 feet wide off the city water front. A second (west) channel 12 feet (3.7 m.) deep and