Puget Sound District
Puget may refer to: * Puget (surname) * Puget, Vaucluse, a commune in France * Puget, Washington, a community in the United States See also * Puget Creek * Puget Island * Puget Sound *Puget-Ville Puget-Ville (; oc, Puget Vila) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Administration Max Bastide was elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2008. In 2014, Catherine Altare was elected. Sh ...

Puget (surname)
Puget is a surname, and may refer to: * André Puget (1911-1973), joint chief executive from 1962-67 of the Concorde project * Hilarion Paul Puget de Barbantane (1754–1828), French general of the French Revolutionary Wars * Jade Puget (born 1973), guitarist for the alternative rock band AFI * Jean-Loup Puget (born 1947), French astrophysicist * Peter Puget (1765–1822), officer in the Royal Navy, known for his exploration of Puget Sound * Pierre Paul Puget (1620–1694), French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer See also * Puget, Vaucluse department, France * Puget-sur-Argens, Var department, France * Puget-Ville, Var department, France * Puget Sound, Washington state * Puget Island, Washington state Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...

Puget, Vaucluse
Puget () is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Personalities The troubadour Bertran del Pojet hailed from ''Pojet'', the Occitan name of modern Puget. See also *Côtes du Luberon AOC *Communes of the Vaucluse department *Luberon The Luberon ( or ; Provençal: ''Leberon'' or ''Leberoun'' ) is a massif in central Provence in Southern France, part of the French Prealps. It has a maximum elevation of and an area of about . It is composed of three mountain ranges (from wes ... References Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ...
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Puget, Washington
Puget is an unincorporated community in Thurston County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The area is located on the Johnson Point peninsula overlooking Nisqually Reach. History Puget was platted in 1873, but an economic downturn in 1893 stunted growth. A post office named Puget City began in 1890, but was shuttered in 1893; a newly-renamed post office named Puget opened in 1904, and closed permanently in 1928. Parks and recreation The community is near Tolmie State Park and the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge The Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the Nisqually River Delta near Puget Sound in northeastern Thurston County, Washington and northwestern Pierc .... References Unincorporated communities in Thurston County, Washington {{ThurstonCountyWA-geo-stub ...
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Puget Creek
Puget Creek is a small urban creek in the U.S. state of Washington, in the north end of Tacoma, It rises in Puget Park and flows north to Commencement Bay, part of Puget Sound.Washington Place Names
, Tacoma Public Library; keyword search for "Puget Creek" Its course follows a steep ravine containing . The creek's course is mostly contained within the natural area of Puget Gulch. Puget Creek is the focus of restoration work by the Puget Creek Restoration Society and community volunteers. One of the restoration goals is the reestablishment of regular runs of

Puget Island
Puget Island is a 7.5 sq mi(4,785 acre; 19.365 km) island and Census-designated place (CDP) in the Columbia River in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States. The Julia Butler Hansen Bridge (built in 1938) carries State Route 409 across the Cathlamet Channel to connect the island to the town of Cathlamet, Washington. Route 409 crosses the island to its southern shore, where it connects with the county-operated Wahkiakum County Ferry, ''Oscar B'', providing service to Westport, Oregon. The 2010 census reported a population of 831 persons. Puget Island's Robert W. Little Preserve is home to a population of endangered Columbian white-tailed deer. The island was named for Peter Puget, a lieutenant in the Vancouver Expedition The Vancouver Expedition (1791–1795) was a four-and-a-half-year voyage of exploration and diplomacy, commanded by Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy. The British expedition circumnavigated the globe and made contact with five contine ...
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Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and two minor connections to the open Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Juan de Fuca—Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and Deception Pass and Swinomish Channel being the minor. Water flow through Deception Pass is approximately equal to 2% of the total tidal exchange between Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Puget Sound extends approximately from Deception Pass in the north to Olympia in the south. Its average depth is and its maximum depth, off Jefferson Point between Indianola and Kingston, is . The depth of the main basin, between the southern tip of Whidbey Island and Tacoma, is approximately . In 2009, the term Salish Sea was established by the United States Board o ...
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