A 3-1/2-mile-long bay, with a half mile average width is southeast of the eastern end of Hood Canal. The Native American name for the bay was Skwak-sin. In 1841, the Wilkes Expedition named it Paun Cove. Present name came into local use because the bay is a northern extension of Cases Inlet.
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This small inlet is off Case Inlet. Rock Creek flows into the bay from the north and Rocky Creek flows from the north and east before it joins Rock Creek less than a mile from the bay. Much of the tideland area is exposed at low tide and there are some large rocks along the beaches and in the shallow water.
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Bordering the road are old orchards, the trees gnarled and blighted, and a few berry fields. In the tidewater flats are rows of stakes which mark extensive oyster beds. Sea fowl circle downward over the calm surface of the water, dip for an instant to seize some bit of floating debris, and then, white wings flashing, soar again. Occasionally, a crane stands motionless on the sands, awaiting some unwary fish....
Learn more about VaughnOriginally called Home Colony, the town was organized in 1909 by the Mutual Home Association, comprising a group of Socialists and political dissenters. Land was apportioned in two-acre plots, but other assets were administered collectively. A co-operative store flourished, and a newspaper was started by Jay Fox. The first jarring note in this modern Utopia was a controversy originating in a division of opinion over nude bathing. The conflict reached...
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Home School
Von Geldern Cove
David Dadisman House
Founded in 1891, is a colony of country estates and summer homes screened by dense evergreen woods bordering Filuce Bay, whose shallow waters offer good crab fishing. It was named by an early resident for Long Branch, New Jersey. At various periods of time the place has been also known as Longbranch.
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