Article: Salish Sea added to our watery lexicon.(NWSaturday)

Byline: Lynda V. Mapes; Seattle Times staff reporter

OLYMPIA -- Local tribes called it Whulge. George Vancouver named it for his buddy Peter. And now yet another name for Puget Sound is nearly official: the Salish Sea.

The Washington State Board on Geographic Names Friday voted 5-1 in favor of adding Salish Sea as an approved name for the body of water encompassing Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Strait of Georgia and the many watery connections in between.

Board members said they approved the name to acknowledge the ecological continuum that spans the international boundary between Canada and the United States.

The name ...

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