| Possession Sound | |
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 Everett, WA and the mountains behind, seen looking east across Possession Sound | |
  Possession Sound  Possession Sound | |
 Possession Sound is located within the Whidbey Basin | |
| Coordinates | 48°0′40″N122°14′29″W / 48.01111°N 122.24139°W /48.01111; -122.24139 |
| Type | Sound |
| Part of | Puget Sound |
| Primary inflows | Snohomish River |
| Islands | Camano Island,Hat Island |
| Settlements | Everett,Mukilteo |
Possession Sound is part ofPuget Sound, located in theU.S. state ofWashington betweenWhidbey Island and the shoreline ofSnohomish County approximately between the cities ofEverett andMukilteo. Possession Sound connects the main Puget Sound basin to the south withSaratoga Passage andPort Susan to the north. TheSnohomish River flows into Possession Sound atPort Gardner Bay.Gedney Island, also called Hat Island, is located in Possession Sound.
Possession Sound was named byGeorge Vancouver. On June 3, 1792, Vancouver landed near the present site of Everett and celebrated the birthday ofGeorge III by holding a ceremony claiming possession of the land of "New Georgia" for Britain.[1] Due to his circumnavigation of the world, Vancouver's dates are off by one. June 3 was, by his reckoning, June 4, the king's birthday. His possession ceremony also involved the naming of Possession Sound, Port Gardner, Port Susan, and theGulf of Georgia.[2]
In 1825, a large piece of the southern tip ofCamano Island slid into Possession Sound—an event known as the Great Slide. A resultanttsunami from the slide drowned many Indian residents of nearbyHat Island. After that, theTulalip Indians used the site only for seasonalclamming.[3]
TheWashington State Route 525,Mukilteo-Clintonpassenger ferry run crosses the narrowest section of Possession Sound.
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