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Vol. CXXIV, No. 206
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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Vancouver Notch
In Mount Rainier's foothills, Barbara Reid completes one famous explorer's journey Posted online Weds., Oct. 21 By Todd Matthews, Editor For many years, Barbara Reid, a retired Army medical specialist currently living in Puyallup, had one peculiar thing in common with the late British Navy Captain George Vancouver. When she looked at the foothills of Mount Rainier, she couldn't help but notice a conspicuous, v-shaped geographical feature. In the spring of 1792, Vancouver was aboard the H.M.S. Discovery in Puget Sound and surveying the natural environment Puyallup resident when he noticed the notch. What could lie and maritime historian Barbara Reid in the within and beyond that Mount Rainier footcarved and concave feahills and the heart of ture? A large river? The the proposed VancouNorthwest Passage? ver Notch, where the Vancouver, whose ship Mowich River and the was anchored at ResPuyallup River meet. toration Point on the (PHOTO BY TODD southern end of BainMATTHEWS) bridge Island, noted the feature in his journal— "The appearance of a very abrupt division in the snowy range of mountains immediately to the south of Mount Rainier, which was very conspicuous from the ship, and the main arm of the inlet appearing to stretch in that direction from the point we were then upon"—and boarded one of two smaller boats that headed south, past Vashon Island, and into Commencement Bay, only to find what he believed to be a dead end. Vancouver noted: "We were excessively anxious to ascertain the truth, of which we were not long held in suspense. We found the inlet to terminate here in an extensive circular compact bay, whose waters washed the base of mount Rainier." Vancouver would go on to name dozens of mountains, waterways, and islands in the Puget Sound area—but the v-shaped notch remained nameless and largely elusive. That changed several years ago when Reid, 72, started to explore Puget Sound in her own boat. Reid retired from the Army 30 years ago, bought a Swedish-made Albin 25 watercraft in 1999, and soon began to navigate the Columbia River, Snake River, and the route taken by Peter Puget (Vancouver's lieutenant) as he explored Puget Sound. In total, she logged more than 8,500 nautical miles over CONTINUED 15 years before recently sellON PAGE 2 ing the vessel.
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