Dungeness
This 10 mile side trip explores the maritime and farming communities that developed along Dungeness River and New Dungeness Bay.
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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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Dungeness Spit
Sequim Bay
New Dungeness
New Dungeness Light Station
