Description of Geographic Area

Question 1

Yukon Harbor

Answer 1

Head is bare at low tides. Several settlements and resort villages are along the shores of the harbor.

Question 2

Harper

Answer 2

1nm WNW of Pt Southworth, is the site of a former ferry pier.

Question 3

Blake Island-

Answer 3

249ft high, tree covered, off N entrance of Colvos Pass. A light is on the NE point of the island. Shallow irregular bottom extends about .5nm to the north.

Question 4

Allen Bank

Answer 4

N of Pt Vashon – Popular with fishing vessel depths 10fms and less

Question 5

Colvos Passage

Answer 5

West Side of Vashon, approx. 1nm wide 11 mile long, free of dangers, passage marked by lights.

Question 6

Vashon and Maury Island

Answer 6

Moderate rolling elevation and in places rugged, heavily wooded. Many houses and orchards.

Question 7

Vashon - WA State Ferry docks

Answer 7

Vashon Heights Landing and Tahlequah

Question 8

Point Vashon

Answer 8

NW tip 305 ft, steep and wooded. Shoal .2 North. A light is 300 yards N of Pt Vashon.

Question 9

Pt Beals

Answer 9

Measured Mile with 4 orange round markers and 5 radio towers.

Question 10

Pt Heyer:

Answer 10

Sand spit, then rises rapidly. .2Shoal Radio tower 450ft

Question 11

Maury Island

Answer 11

Peninsula of Vashon at SE extremity about 5nm long, connected by highway on narrow neck of land. Two radio towers 526ft are .6nm S of the isthmus and three other towers are one mile SE of isthmus.

Question 12

Point Robinson –

Answer 12

easternmost end of Maury Island – low spit projecting 140 yards from shore with wooded high land behind. Robinson light, 40 ft white octagonal tower on pt, VHF 5 times on 81 A.

Question 13

Gravel Pits

Answer 13

Two gravel barge berths at gravel pits 1nm SW of Point Robinson.

Question 14

East Passage

Answer 14

E side of Vashon and Maury Islands, from Alki to Browns Point. TSS runs through the area. Steep wooded banks, homes and mooring buoys. Deep and free from dangers which in no case extend more then .5nm from shore.

Question 15

Pt Williams

Answer 15

Wooded, Public Pool on Pt

Question 16

Fauntleroy Cove

Answer 16

WA State Ferry dock and multiple houses line the shore, two tanks on hill.

Question 17

Seola Beach

Answer 17

Tank Inland

Question 18

Three tree Point

Answer 18

Sharp low spit, rising in 1nm to 430’. A light and Mariner activated sound signal are on the point, 5 clicks on VHF 83A.

Question 19

Des Moines

Answer 19

Marina w/ breakwater, lights on corners, 3 tanks + zenith prominent

Question 20

Dumas Bay

Answer 20

has small wharf, which bares at low water.

Question 21

Brown’s Point

Answer 21

Prominent lighted point at east ent to Commencement Bay – 38’ light on 35’ concreate house

Question 22

Quratermaster Harbor

Answer 22

Extends NNE between the S part of Vashon and Maury Islands, low and wooded shores, numerous clearings and private piers. Many settlements and summer resorts are along the shore. Numerous private moorings.

Question 23

Pt Defiance

Answer 23

Dirt Bluff 160ft high, fitted with a light, Defiance Park is wooded with a boardwalk along the water to the Ferry Dock, marina, and yacht club on Commencement bay side of point.

Question 24

Gig Harbor

Answer 24

Inlet 1nm long, W Side of Ent to S Colvos, Private Light at Entrance