Illahee is an

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Kitsap County, Washington Kitsap County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 275,611. Its county seat is Port Orchard, and its largest city is Bremerton. The county was formed out of King County and Jefferson County on ...

, United States, between

Bremerton Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington. The population was 37,729 at the 2010 census and an estimated 41,405 in 2019, making it the largest city on the Kitsap Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerto ...

and Silverdale. It is home to Illahee State Park and other local parks. The word "Illahee" means ''earth'' or ''country'' in the

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language Chinuk Wawa.

Geography

Illahee's elevation is 36 feet (11 m).

Port of Illahee

Th
Port of Illahee
community dock was built around 1916 to serve the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. In later years this port was used by the

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to demagnetize ships.

Ecological Status

The official shellfish harvesting status of the Port of Illahee is maintained by th
National Shellfish Sanitation Program
In addition, environmental contaminants of the surface-water and '' Mytilus'' tissues at the Port of Illahee are monitored routinely by local ecology programs.Strivens, J.E., Hayman, N., Colvin, M., Rosen, G., Frew. J., Richardson. T. 2020
ENVVEST Ambient Monitoring Program: In-Progress Summary 2009‒2019
PNNL-30285, prepared for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility under Project ENVVEST by the PNNL Marine Sciences.Strivens, JE, RK Johnston, TJ Richardson, & JA Frew. 2021
ENVVEST Mussel Watch Program In-Progress Summary‒Collection Year 2020 Update
PNNL-31990, prepared for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility under Project ENVVEST by the PNNL Marine Sciences Laboratory, Sequim, Washington. While historical monitoring has reported low concentrations of heavy metals over the past decade (2010-2020), the presence of carcinogenic

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s (cPAHs) in ''Mytilus'' tissues should be considered by recreational and subsistence consumers. PAH concentrations in Puget Sound have been highlighted by the

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as being the highest in the nation and cPAH regulatory thresholds for Washington State consumers have been calculated by the

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. cologyWashington State Department of Ecology. 2020
Washington’s Water Quality Assessment Listing Methodology to Meet Clean Water Act Requirements
Washington State Department of Ecology. Report No: 18-10-035. The following table provides Washington State cPAH thresholds (current as of 2020) for general fish consumption and available historical tissue burdens at the Port of Illahee.

Parks and recreation

Illahee State Park, located north of eastern Bremerton, is part of the

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. The waterfront land for the park was acquired between 1934 and 1954. The park offers camping, hiking, a boat launch, and a dock. The
Illahee Preserve
and the Rolling Hills

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are both in Illahee as well.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Kitsap County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)