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Author's Night and Wine Tasting

Author’s Night and Wine Tasting

Have you ever wondered why it is called Henderson Bay, Carr Inlet, or Hales Passage? If you are curious or a history buff, come to The Chapel on Echo Bay, Friday May 17th and hear Richard W. Blumenthal author of “Maritime Place Names; Inland Washington Waters” describe how these and all other named island, bay, point, inlet, pass, harbor, channel, strait, passage, peninsula, rock, head, bank, bight, cove, lagoon, spit, sound, canal and shoal identified on current nautical charts.  

 

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Wine tasting afterwards by Mosquito Fleet Winery.

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