Dungeness
This 10 mile side trip explores the maritime and farming communities that developed along Dungeness River and New Dungeness Bay.
This 10 mile side trip explores the maritime and farming communities that developed along Dungeness River and New Dungeness Bay.
This picturesque fishing village spreads over a point jutting into Juan de Fuca Strait, a short distance east of a long sandy spit. Clumsy-looking power boats, their sterns piled high with traps, ply the coastal waters for crabs. These famed Dungeness crabs, exceptionally fine-flavored and firm in texture, are shipped in cold storage to Midwestern and Eastern cities. Many octopuses, which were once canned in commercial quantities, are also caught...
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