- Bellingham Bay
Bellingham Bay is a
bay located on the northern Pacific coast ofWashington state in theUnited States . It is separated from theStrait of Georgia on the west by the Lummi Peninsula,Portage Island , andLummi Island . It is bordered on the east byBellingham, Washington , to the south-east by theChuckanut Mountains , and to the south bySamish Bay . TheNooksack River empties into the bay, as well as doesWhatcom Creek .Bellingham Bay is named for Sir William Bellingham, who was controller of the storekeeper's account for the
Royal Navy at the time that Britons under the command ofGeorge Vancouver visited the bay in June1792 .cite book |last=Hitchman |first=Robert |title=Place Names of Washington |year=1985 |publisher=Washington State Historical Society |id=ISBN 0-917048-57-1|pages=18] The first European entry of the bay was by the Spanish schooner "Santa Saturnina" underJosé María Narváez , during the 1791 expedition ofFrancisco de Eliza . Narváez named it "Seno Gaston". [cite book |last= Hayes |first= Derek |title= Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Maps of exploration and Discovery |year= 1999 |publisher= Sasquatch Books |isbn= 1-57061-215-3 |pages= p. 72]Parts of the bay are polluted by mercury from the
Georgia-Pacific pulp mill that has been on the bay since 1965, but is currently undergoing plans for clean-up.ee also
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Whatcom Trail References
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