Tacoma Daily Index, December 29, 2015

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2015

Vol. CXXIV, No. 249

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices

Published Published Since Since 1890 1890

Top Stories 2015

#3 — Vancouver Notch

Posted online Tues., Dec. 22 Article and File Photo By Todd Matthews, Editor EDITOR'S NOTE: The Tacoma Daily Index is looking back at the 10 most popular and most read articles among visitors to our Web site. In the spring of 1792, British Navy Captain George Vancouver was aboard the H.M.S. Discovery in Puget Sound and surveying the natural environment when he noticed the geological feature. Vancouver, whose ship was anchored at Restoration Point on the southern end of Bainbridge 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. Many historians believe Vancouver wondered if the large, concave feature could have signaled an opening to The Northwest Passage. The proposal to formally name Vancouver Notch was submitted earlier this year by Puyallup resident, retired Army veteran, and maritime historian Barbara Reid. On maps, Reid was able to pinpoint the heart of the notch to land owned by Hancock Forest Management and located approximately 12 miles west of Mount Rainier, where the Puyallup River and Mowich River intersect. It is bounded on one side by an 1,800foot ridge known as "The Divide." In July, the Tacoma Daily Index was first to publish a feature article about Reid (pictured near the Puyallup River and Mowich River confluence) and her proposal (see "Vancouver Notch: Mount Rainier foothills could soon honor the late explorer," Tacoma Daily Index, July 31, 2015) and CONTINUED it proved to be a popular article ON PAGE 2 among our readers (see "Tacoma

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