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Hood Canal separates the peninsula from the Olympic Peninsula on its west side. The peninsula, a.k.a. "Kitsap", encompasses all of Kitsap County except Bainbridge and Blake islands, in addition to the northeastern part of Mason County and the northwestern part of Pierce County. The highest point on the Kitsap Peninsula is Gold Mountain.
The San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club (SFBACC) was founded March 13, 1958 in Mountain View, California. In the club's early years, it had a dedicated curling facility called the Peninsula Curling Rink. [1] By the early 1970's the dedicated facility was closed and the club was curling on arena ice.
English: San Francisco Bay Area nine-county map, ... East Bay San Francisco Peninsula South Bay; Date: 8 April 2016: Source: color scheme: File:Bayarea map.svg
Curling Club at Berkeley Berkeley, CA: San Francisco Bay Area CC and Oakland Ice Center Club site: University of Denver Curling Club Denver, CO: Campus facility Joy Burns Ice Arena: Club site: Yale Curling Club New Haven, CT: Nutmeg CC Club site: Northwestern (Univ.) Curling Club Evanston, IL: Chicago CC Club site; also member of Midwest region
Port Gamble, 1900. Gamble Bay was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841. The source of the name is unclear. Wilkes often named places after historical figures, and speculation centers on Lt. Col. John M. Gamble, an illustrious figure in the War of 1812; or U.S. Navy Lt. Robert Gamble, an officer aboard the frigate USS President wounded in an exchange with HMS Belvidera.
San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region surrounding the San Francisco Bay estuaries in Northern California. According to the 2010 United States Census, the region has over 7.1 million inhabitants and approximately 6,900 square miles (18,000 km 2) of land. [1]
The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the City and County of San Francisco . Its southern base is Los Altos and Mountain View , in Santa Clara County , south of Palo Alto and north of Sunnyvale .
The borders of the San Francisco Bay Area are not officially delineated, and the unique development patterns influenced by the region's topography, as well as unusual commute patterns caused by the presence of three central cities and employment centers located in various suburban locales, has led to considerable disagreement between local and ...