Case Inlet, in southern
Puget Sound
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Washington
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, is an arm of water between
Key Peninsula
The Key Peninsula ("The KP" or "The Key" to some locals) is a finger of land in Puget Sound, Washington, United States. It is approximately long
and extends south from the Kitsap Peninsula. It is part of Pierce County, Washington. Some of its ...
on the east and
Hartstine Island on the west. Its northern end, called North Bay, reaches nearly to
Hood Canal
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of
Kitsap Peninsula
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. Case Inlet is the boundary between
Pierce County and
Mason County. The southern end of Case Inlet is connected to Nisqually Reach, part of the southern basin of Puget Sound.
Herron Island lies in Case Inlet.
Case Inlet was named by
Charles Wilkes
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During the American Civil War (1861–1865), he commanded ' during the ...
of the
Wilkes Expedition
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of 1838–1842, to honor Augustus L. Case, one of the expedition's officers. From the 1870s to the 1920s, transportation needs of the communities along Case Inlet were served by a
small flotilla of steamboats.
[Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, ''Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound'', (2008) Arcadia Publishing , at pages 10-11, 18, 27 and 35.]
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Inlets of Washington (state)
Bodies of water of Mason County, Washington
Bodies of water of Pierce County, Washington
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