Deception Pass

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Filling in the blanks a little.

My sister asked a question why they call Deception Pass just that and I couldn't look it up on the internet because I didn't have any. Here is the explanation.

In the spring of 1792, Joseph Whidbey, master of HMS Discovery and Captain Vancouver's chief navigator proved that it was not really a small bay as charted by the Spaniards (hence the name "Deception"), but a deep and turbulent channel that connects theStrait of Juan de Fuca with the Saratoga Passage, which separates the mainland from what they believed was a peninsula (actually Fidalgo Island and Whidbey Island). Thomas Coupe, a sea captain and founder of Coupeville, was the only man ever to sail a full-rigged ship through the strait discovered by Whidbey.

Thanks for asking, I wondered that too.



I have included some pictures that I didn't publish from the San Juan Islands in and around La Conner, WA

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Photos

service berries
Very important in the Native American lives

Comments

[Mary Ellen]

decertion
Hey, Sis, thanks for the answer. I remember traveling in that area and remember how beautiful it is. Enjoy