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Entrance to 6-inch gun bunker at Fort Ebey. Fort Ebey State Park is a public recreation area occupying the site of former Fort Ebey on the west side of Whidbey Island, five miles (8.0 km) west of Coupeville in Island County, Washington, United States. The state park covers 651 acres (263 ha) overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and lies ...
The Reserve at Ebey's Landing provides a vivid historical record of Pacific Northwest history, including the first exploration of Puget Sound by Captain George Vancouver in 1792; early settlement by Colonel Isaac Ebey, who filed a claim under the Donation Land Claim Act in 1850; [3] growth and settlement resulting from the Oregon Trail and the Westward migration; the Donation Land Laws (1850 ...
Point Partridge (Lushootseed: x̌ʷuk̓q̓ʷqs) [1] is the most westerly point of Whidbey Island, the largest island in Puget Sound. The point lies north of the Fort Ebey military reservation and south of West Beach. The primary importance of Point Partridge is as the northern and eastern reference point for the dividing line between Puget ...
Its northern boundary is defined as a line running between Point Wilson and Point Partridge, and it extends south to the southern end of Whidbey Island and Point No Point on the Kitsap Peninsula, where it joins the Central Basin of Puget Sound's Main Basin. Admiralty Inlet's area is 437 square kilometres (169 sq mi), with a volume of 15,200 ...
Coupeville is located near the center of Whidbey Island, which lies in Puget Sound between the mainland and the Olympic Peninsula. On the north side of downtown is Penn Cove, an inlet of the Saratoga Passage. [10] The city is part of the Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, which also includes Fort Ebey State Park to the west. [11]
Whidbey Island hosts many festivals and celebrations throughout the year. Whidbey Island Area Fair ("Island County Fair" until 2012 [35]), on the third weekend of July, includes rides, food, and animal shows. Wag'n'Walk, which takes place towards the end of August, is Western Washington's premier celebration of dogs and things dog-related.
Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Puget Sound region showing basins and uplifts, and principal faults and folds, over outline of Puget Sound, Hood Canal, and east end of Strait of Juan de Fuca. Blue and green generally indicate basins (with lower density sedimentary rock), red is generally uplifted basalt of the Crescent Formation.
Saratoga Passage is located within the Whidbey Basin. Saratoga Passage lies in Puget Sound between Whidbey Island and Camano Island. Saratoga Passage extends about 18 miles in a northwesterly direction from its entrance between Sandy Point on the Whidbey Island side and Camano Head on the other.