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    Willapa Bay (/ˈwɪləpɑː/) is a bay located on the southwest Pacific coast of Washington state in the United States. The Long Beach Peninsula separates...
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  • Willapa Bay is a large shallow body of water near the Pacific Ocean in southwestern Washington. For a number of years before modern roads were built in...
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    and the Willapa (Shoalwater) Chinook peoples. In 2016, the tribe had 373 enrolled citizens. The Shoalwater Bay Tribe governs the Shoalwater Bay Indian...
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    coasts, from Tillamook Head of present-day Oregon in the south, north to Willapa Bay in southwest Washington. In 1805 the Lewis and Clark Expedition encountered...
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    The Willapa Bay Light, originally the Shoalwater Bay Light, was a lighthouse at the north side of the entrance to Willapa Bay in the U.S. state of Washington...
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  • Labelle Creek Carbon River Cedar River (Lake Washington) Cedar River (Willapa Bay) Chaplain Creek Chehalis River Chelan River Chewuch River Chilliwack...
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    and a coastal plain into Willapa Bay, a large estuary north of the mouth of the Columbia River. The river rises in the Willapa Hills in southeastern Pacific...
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  • into the north end of Willapa Bay in the U.S. state of Washington. The Cedar River originates near Seastrand Ridge in the Willapa Hills, about a mile east...
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    1851 and is named for the Pacific Ocean. Pacific County is centered on Willapa Bay, a region that provides twenty-five percent of the United States oyster...
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    Meares after Toke approached Meares' ship in his canoe at the mouth of Willapa Bay in 1788. In 1854, J. F. Barrows settled on Toke Point, but left only...
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    River flows west into nearby Willapa Bay and then into the Pacific Ocean. Close about the town lie the evergreen-covered Willapa Hills. The river's name has...
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    Pacific such as Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay. Other definitions do not include the Black Hills. The USGS GNIS defines the Willapa Hills as bounded by the Columbia...
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  • lying in the southern part of Willapa Bay in Pacific County, Washington, United States. It is the site of the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, part...
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    River on the Astoria–Megler Bridge into Washington, where it follows Willapa Bay and an inland route to Aberdeen and Olympic National Park. US 101 travels...
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    Commencement Bay class were ordered on 23 January 1943, allocated to Fiscal Year 1944. The ship was laid down under the name Willapa Bay on 10 January...
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  • Willapa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Willapa may refer to: Willapa people, an Athapaskan-speaking people in Washington, United States Willapa River...
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    USS Willapa (AVG-53/ACV-53/CVE-53) was a Bogue-class escort carrier (originally an auxiliary aircraft carrier) built during World War II for the United...
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    Willapa National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on the shores of Willapa Bay in Washington, United States. It comprises 11,000...
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    Charleston Harbor are rias on the East Coast. Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor in Washington and San Francisco Bay in California on the West Coast are also rias...
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    Elliott Bay is a part of the Central Basin region of Puget Sound. It is in the U.S. state of Washington, extending southeastward between West Point in...
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    Oysterville is an unincorporated community located along Willapa Bay on the Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Washington, United States. It is approximately...
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    The Commencement Bay-class escort aircraft carriers were the last class of escort carriers built for the US Navy in World War II. The ships were based...
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    the south by the Columbia River, and the east by Willapa Bay. Leadbetter Point State Park and Willapa National Wildlife Refuge are at the northern end...
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    early 1850s, entrepreneurs began importing oysters from Shoalwater Bay (now Willapa Bay), Washington Territory. Native West coast oysters were much smaller...
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    1875 at South Bend, Washington. ISN organized steamboat routes both on Willapa Bay, on the east side of the Long Beach Peninsula, and also on the Columbia...
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    installed in 1993. The city contains over 200 such artworks. Willapa Bay Steamboats of Willapa Bay Pacific County Historical Society "US Gazetteer files: 2010...
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    bays and estuaries along the western coast of North America, with particularly large concentrations entering the Columbia River estuary, Willapa Bay,...
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    the Shoalwater Bay Tribe, and Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation) Hli'mtimi (near North Cove on north coast of Willapa Bay) Hooshkal (on the...
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    is situated on a peninsula with the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Willapa Bay to the south and east. George H. Brown (November 4, 1824 - July 5, 1883)...
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    carbaryl (1-napthyl N-methyl carbamate) is sprayed in some areas (including Willapa Bay, Washington) to reduce the population of N. californiensis. The addition...
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