GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES AND MAN-MADE STRUCTURES

Question 1

1. Point Defiance to near Days Island

Answer 1

From Point Defiance to near Days Island, the E shore of The Narrows consists of high, bold bluffs.

Question 2

3. Point Evans

Answer 2

Point Evans, 2 miles S of Point Defiance on the W side of The Narrows, is marked by a light.

Question 3

5. Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Answer 3

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a highway suspension bridge, crosses The Narrows a mile S of Point Evans. The clearance is 159 feet at the piers and 180 feet at the center.

Question 4

6. Days Island

Answer 4

Days Island is about 4.5 miles S of Point Defiance. There are three marinas here, total of about 200 berths

Question 5

7. Three miles S of Days Island

Answer 5

Three miles S of Days Island, the shores consist of bare bluffs which are prominent from S.

Question 6

8. Hale Passage

Answer 6

Hale Passage, between Fox Island and the mainland, enters on the W shore 5 miles S of Point Defiance. It is 4 miles to its junction with Carr Inlet. Near the W end the passage is crossed by a fixed highway bridge with a clearance of 31 feet.

Question 7

9. Fox Island

Answer 7

Fox Island is a village in the small cove near the NE end of Fox Island. It has a store and service station. Tanglewood Island, in the center of the cove, has a boys’ camp, the buildings of which are prominent. A structure resembling a lighthouse is on the extreme N end of the island.

Question 8

10. Gibson Point

Answer 8

Gibson Point, the S tip of Fox Island and the N entrance point of Carr Inlet, is marked by a light.

Question 9

11. Toliva Shoal

Answer 9

Toliva Shoal, nearly in midchannel 0.9 mile S of Gibson Point, consists of two rocks covered 1¾ fathoms and is marked by a lighted bell buoy.

Question 10

12. Carr Inlet

Answer 10

Carr Inlet enters the W shore of the sound about 7½ miles SSW of Point Defiance. From the entrance, between Fox and McNeil Islands, it extends about 6 miles NW and then trends NNE for 8 miles terminating in flats at the head.

Question 11

13. measured nautical mile

Answer 11

A 298°23’-118°23’ measured nautical mile has been established on the NE shore of McNeil Island. Range markers, consisting of white diamond daymarks with red vertical stripes, mark the ends of the measured course.

Question 12

14. The Washington State penitentiary

Answer 12

The Washington State penitentiary, on the SE side of McNeil Island about 0.8 mile SW of Hyde Point, is prominent from offshore.

Question 13

15. Pitt Passage

Answer 13

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

Question 14

16. Lakebay

Answer 14

Lakebay, at the head of Mayo Cove on the SW shore of Carr Inlet, is a village with a store and several small private piers. A marina here has a long pier and floats with berthage for about 35 craft

Question 15

17. W side of Von Geldern Cove

Answer 15

Home, a village on the W side of Von Geldern Cove, has a store and service station. A bridge crosses the cove at its head.

Question 16

18. Horsehead Bay

Answer 16

Horsehead Bay, about 1 mile long, is directly N of Green Point, at the W extremity of Hale Passage.

Question 17

19. Eagle Island

Answer 17

Eagle Island, small and wooded, is near the middle of Balch Passage, 0.2 mile from Anderson Island, and is marked on its N end by a light. Eagle Island is a State park.

Question 18

20. Drayton Passage

Answer 18

Drayton Passage, between Key Peninsula and Anderson Island, is about 3 miles long in a N direction; at its N end, it connects with Pitt Passage and Balch Passage, and at its S end joins the W part of Nisqually Reach.

Question 19

21. Steilacoom

Answer 19

Steilacoom is on the mainland about 9 miles SSW of Point Defiance; ferry terminal which maintains service to Anderson and Ketron Islands.