hood+canel


 * hood canel **

The Hood Canal is very long and narrow, and has an average width of 1.5 miles and a depth of 53.8 metres. Hood Canal separates the Kitsap Peninsula from the Olympic Peninsula for its entire length. Hood Canal was named by Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver after [|Admiral Lord Samuel Hood] on May 13, 1792 .George Vancouver used the name "Hood's Channel" in his journal, but "Hood's Canal" on his charts.Hood Canal is spanned by the Hood Canal Bridge which is the third longest floating bridge in the world at 6,521 feet. Belfair, Twanoh, Potlatch, Triton Cove, Scenic Beach, Dosewallips, Kitsap Memorial, and Shine Tidelandsare the state parks on theshores of hood canel. September 2006 marked the discovery of the largest [|dead zone] in the history of Hood Canal.