Discovery Bay (Washington)

47°59′25″N 122°54′10″W / 47.9904038°N 122.9026794°W / 47.9904038; -122.9026794

This article is about the bay. For the community of the same name, see Discovery Bay, Washington.
View of Discovery Bay near sunset, looking north with the San Juan Islands in the background

Discovery Bay is a small bay connected to the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state; it was also historically called Port Discovery. An unincorporated community also named Discovery Bay lies in Jefferson County at the southern end of the bay.[1]

The bay was named by George Vancouver after the Discovery, a ship used in his 1792 expedition of the area. The community at the foot of the bay eventually assumed the same name.

  1. ^ "Discovery Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.