Features Flashcards
Hood Head –
220’, steep, wooded. Connects to W shore by sand spit.
Point Hannon –
E side of Hood Hd
low sand spit
shoal extends 200yds E of Lt.
Aquaculture site
. 4nm S of HoodHd,
priv aids.
Case Shoal –
Partly bare at LW, .6nm off shore, runs parallel with W shore of Squamish Hbr. Has daybeacon at N end, Lt on SE side.
Termination Pt
SW of Pt Hannon, has lighted transformer substation
W terminus of Hood Canal Bridge
Hood Canal Bridge –
Pontoon bridge, between Salsbury Pt and Termination Pt, 2 fixed openings (35’ @ W, 55’ @ E). 600’ center has retracting pontoons.
Thorndyke Bay –
small bight on W side of Hood Canal
N of Bangor
Port Gamble Bay –
2nm long w/ narrow entrance. Dredged channel 23’ from Hood into bay. Marked by 4 lts
Port Gamble –
Prominent church steeple, flagpole in town. Lumbermill and wharf.
Sisters –
S of Termination Pt, 2 rocks, 200yds apart, awash at half tide, Lt on S rock.
Squamish Harbor –
open bight SW of Termination Pt
Bangor Wharf –
Bangor US Sub Base. Has 2 radio towers, 500’ & 459’ with red aircraft warning lights on wharf. Vessels S bound from Hood Canal Bridge can use towers as range (200.6)
Delta Pier & Sub Hangar
- @ Bangor
Hazel Pt
turning pt where canal bends from S to SW, LT w/ RA Ref
Misery Pt
shoal extends 200yds+, at W entrance to Seabeck Bay, has Lt 300yds NE.
Seabeck Bay –
S shore settlement of Seabeck, a resort, and marina with breakwater, awash at high water. Shoal extends .5nm from head of bay - Big reef HBR
Toandos Peninsula
– Runs N/S, separates Dabob from Hood
Fisherman Harbor
verry narrow, constricted entrance, at LW almost bare. Sandspit extends partly across entrance from W shore.
Oak Head
NNE of Misery Pt, S pt of Toandos Peninsula , has Lt.
Dabob Bay –
largest inlet in Hood, separated from it by Toandos, extends 9nm N. W shore is steep and bold, rises 2600’+. Entrance marked by Sylopash Pt to W, Tskutsko Pt to E.
Bolton Peninsula
separates Quilcene Bay from Dabob Bay.
Quilcene Bay
small inlet on W side Dabob Bay,
N of Whitney PT
N half is tidal flats with log booms and storage areas
oyster farm inside entrance on E side marked with floats/mooring buoys.
Whitney Pt
marks S side of entrance to Quilcene Bay, Lt
Pleasant Hbr
– small cove on W shore of Hood, 3nm W of Misery Pt.