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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Puget Sound is about 100 miles long.
Its shores touch several large cities including Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Olympia, and Bremerton.
The Sound, called “Whulge” by the Salish Tribe, spelled phonetically from the Lushootseed dialect, denotes the sound of waves.
In 1792, British navigator George Vancouver explored it and named it after Peter Puget, a second lieutenant in his expedition, who probed the main channel.
Fast forward to the 1960s.
A plan to create artificial reefs in Puget Sound using automotive tires was created by Washington’s
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