Hood Canal

Washington state, USA. Despite the name, this is a natural fjord, separating the Olympic (to the left/west) and Kitsap Peninsulas. Evidently when explorer George Vancouver conferred the name in the1790s "canal" did not yet mean strictly a man-made channel. He named several other "canals" as well up in what's now British Columbia. Looking north; map position is approximate. The weather is extraordinarily clear for the area!