Deception Pass

Deception Pass is a narrow pass separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest corner of Washington State. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver and his navigator and First Mate Joseph Whidbey mistook Whidbey Island for a peninsula, and named the passage into Puget Sound for the way the island deceved them. The pass is bridged by connecting Whidbey Island to the tiny Pass Island with Deception Pass Bridge, and Pass Island to Fidalgo Island with Canoe Pass Bridge. The pass is surrounded by a state park. Deception Pass is a major tourist destination and is noted for its scenic views and fast flowing tide water changes.

External link

*Deception Pass State Park webpage

 

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