DuPont

DuPont combines the ordered character of a former company town with a coastal setting near the Nisqually River estuary, reflecting its position on southern Puget Sound. The community was founded in 1909 by E. I. du Pont de Nemours as a town for workers at its nearby explosives plant, an origin that still distinguishes it from many newer Puget Sound suburbs. The Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge protects extensive tidal-marsh habitat to the south, while the city’s Sequalitchew Creek Trail leads through woodland toward the shore. Between Tacoma and Olympia, DuPont sits where military, industrial and estuarine landscapes meet. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how DuPont relates to southern Puget Sound and the Nisqually delta.

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