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Boistfort Peak, also called Baw Faw Peak, is a peak in the
Willapa Hills The Willapa Hills is a geologic, physiographic, and geographic region in southwest Washington. When described as a physiographical province, the Willapa Hills are bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Columbia River to the south, the Ol ...
in
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state. The summit was once the site of a
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and is the highest point in the Willapa Hills. Today it has communication antennae including the WA7UHD 2-meter
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. It also is the site of station ''BOW'' in the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.


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* * Mountains of Lewis County, Washington Mountains of Washington (state) {{lewisCountyWA-geo-stub