{"id":49,"date":"2017-11-01T20:58:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T20:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/washingtonhistory\/?post_type=chapter&p=49"},"modified":"2017-11-01T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T21:01:17","slug":"olympic-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/washingtonhistory\/chapter\/olympic-peninsula\/","title":{"raw":"Olympic Peninsula","rendered":"Olympic Peninsula"},"content":{"raw":"The\u00a0Olympic Peninsula<\/b>\u00a0is the large arm of land in\u00a0western Washington<\/a>\u00a0that lies across\u00a0Puget Sound<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Seattle<\/a>, and contains\u00a0Olympic National Park<\/a>. It is bounded on the west by the\u00a0Pacific Ocean<\/a>, the north by the\u00a0Strait of Juan de Fuca<\/a>, and the east by Hood Canal.\u00a0Cape Alava<\/a>, the westernmost point in the contiguous\u00a0United States<\/a>, and\u00a0Cape Flattery<\/a>, the northwesternmost point, are on the peninsula. Comprising about 3600 square miles, the Olympic Peninsula contained many of the last unexplored places in the\u00a0Contiguous United States<\/a>. It remained largely unmapped until Arthur Dodwell and Theodore Rixon mapped most of its topography and timber resources between 1898 and 1900.\r\n\r\nCounties: Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson County, Mason\r\n\r\nFeatures:\u00a0Quinault Rain Forest, Straight of Juan de Fuca, Seven Lakes Basin, Cape Alava, Destruction Island, Discovery Bay, Olympic Mountains, Hood Canal","rendered":"

The\u00a0Olympic Peninsula<\/b>\u00a0is the large arm of land in\u00a0western Washington<\/a>\u00a0that lies across\u00a0Puget Sound<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Seattle<\/a>, and contains\u00a0Olympic National Park<\/a>. It is bounded on the west by the\u00a0Pacific Ocean<\/a>, the north by the\u00a0Strait of Juan de Fuca<\/a>, and the east by Hood Canal.\u00a0Cape Alava<\/a>, the westernmost point in the contiguous\u00a0United States<\/a>, and\u00a0Cape Flattery<\/a>, the northwesternmost point, are on the peninsula. Comprising about 3600 square miles, the Olympic Peninsula contained many of the last unexplored places in the\u00a0Contiguous United States<\/a>. It remained largely unmapped until Arthur Dodwell and Theodore Rixon mapped most of its topography and timber resources between 1898 and 1900.<\/p>\n

Counties: Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson County, Mason<\/p>\n

Features:\u00a0Quinault Rain Forest, Straight of Juan de Fuca, Seven Lakes Basin, Cape Alava, Destruction Island, Discovery Bay, Olympic Mountains, Hood Canal<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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