Port Angeles East: US 101 at MP 250.6: Brook Ave
The landscape around Port Angeles East is a low-lying urban corridor between the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the foothills of the Olympic Mountains, which has shaped both the built environment and local life. US 101 is the principal road through this eastern side of Port Angeles, linking commercial strips and residential streets with the wider Olympic Peninsula. The city faces Canada across the strait, while the Olympic Mountains form its southern horizon. Port Angeles takes its name from Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, recorded by Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza in 1791. Downtown is also the Washington terminus for the passenger ferry to Victoria, British Columbia.
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