Port Gamble: SR 104 at MP 14.7: Hood Canal Bridge Looking East
Few places in Washington have a history as closely tied to the timber industry as Port Gamble. Founded in 1853 as a company town of the Puget Mill Company, it developed around a sawmill processing lumber from the Pacific Northwest. Its preserved 19th-century homes and public buildings recall a community whose work and housing were organized by the mill. Port Gamble stands on Hood Canal, the long, narrow Puget Sound waterway between the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas. The floating Hood Canal Bridge carries State Route 104 across the canal, while the Port Gamble Historic District is a National Historic Landmark.
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Port Gamble lies along Hood Canal on Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, with forested shores looking across the water toward the Olympic Mountains. Founded in 1853 as a company town for the Puget Mill Company, it developed around one of the region’s early lumber operations. Its carefully preserved 19th-century buildings, including workers’ homes and commercial structures, give the settlement a notably cohesive historic character. The surrounding peninsula is shaped by sheltered inlets, evergreen woodland and the waters of Puget Sound. Find related webcams in the surrounding area to build a fuller picture of Port Gamble and the Kitsap Peninsula.
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