Coon Bay

Coon Bay, also known as ''Sheltered Bay'', is a small, nearly

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, which opens to the

Hood Canal Hood Canal is a fjord forming the western lobe, and one of the four main basins,Foulweather Bluff Foulweather Bluff is a privately owned protected area and a cliff that lies on the north end of the Kitsap Peninsula along Puget Sound, on the east side of the entrance to the Hood Canal. Landform Foulweather Bluff was named by George Vancouver ...

. Although non-member space is limited, the

offers excellent protection for small

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during periods of rough

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. The privately dredged entrance channel is narrow and has a reported controlling depth of about 3 feet. There are several private piers inside the entrance. It lies near the town of

Hansville, Washington Hansville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. Its population was 3,858 as of the 2020 census. The coastal community is located at the northern end of the Kitsap Peninsula a ...

adjacent to a group of subdivisions generally called "Driftwood Key" or "Driftwood Keys". The bay was originally dredged from a marshy

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in 1963 in order to facilitate recreational

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access to Coon Bay and residential development. Prior to the development, it was a private duck and black brant hunting area. Over a dozen subdivisions were eventually platted, with both

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and upland residential lots. The area is the location of the "Driftwood Key Club", which provides its members with access to the private

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, swimming pool and clubhouse. Bays of Washington (state) Bays of Kitsap County, Washington Landforms of Puget Sound {{KitsapCountyWA-geo-stub