Tides & Towns
Puget Sound · WA

Bainbridge Island

A ferry ride from Seattle, and a hard chapter remembered.

Population
24,825 (2020 census)
Named
1841
Island-wide city
1991

Then

  1. 1841

    Charles Wilkes names the island for Commodore William Bainbridge.

  2. 1855

    The Suquamish give up their claim in the Point Elliott Treaty.

  3. 1942

    Bainbridge's Japanese American residents are the first sent to internment camps.

  4. 1991

    Winslow annexes the whole island and takes the name Bainbridge Island.

Now

Ferries run from Eagle Harbor to Seattle. The Japanese American Exclusion Memorial opened in 2011. This place includes Port Blakely and Rich Passage.

3 tide stations around Bainbridge Island

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