Port Gardner, also known as Port Gardner Bay, is an inlet of
Possession Sound
Possession Sound is part of Puget Sound, located in the U.S. state of Washington between Whidbey Island and the shoreline of Snohomish County approximately between the cities of Everett and Mukilteo. Possession Sound connects the main Puget Sou ...
on which the city of
Everett, Washington
Everett is the county seat and largest city of Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Everett is the seventh-largest city in the ...
is located. The
Snohomish River
The Snohomish River is a river in Snohomish County, Washington, formed by the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers near Monroe. It flows northwest entering Port Gardner Bay, part of Puget Sound, between Everett and Marysville. ...
flows into the north end of the bay.
It was named by
George Vancouver
Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what a ...
for his patron and former commander,
Alan Gardner. Vancouver meant the name to apply to all of
Saratoga Passage
Saratoga Passage lies in Puget Sound between Whidbey Island and Camano Island.
Saratoga Passage extends about 18 miles in a northwesterly direction from its entrance between Sandy Point on the Whidbey Island side and Camano Head on the other. ...
, but over time it came to refer to only the bay near Everett.
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Everett, Washington
Landforms of Puget Sound
Bodies of water of Snohomish County, Washington
Inlets of Washington (state)
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