Port Gardner, also known as Port Gardner Bay, is an inlet of
Possession Sound on which the city of
Everett, Washington
Everett (; ) is the county seat and most populous city of Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the Seattle metropolitan area, metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Everett ...
is located. The
Snohomish River flows into the north end of the bay.
It was named by
George Vancouver
Captain (Royal Navy), Captain George Vancouver (; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern West Coast of the Uni ...
for his patron and former commander,
Alan Gardner. Vancouver meant the name to apply to all of
Saratoga Passage, but over time it came to refer to only the bay near Everett.
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Everett, Washington
Landforms of Puget Sound
Bodies of water of Snohomish County, Washington
Inlets of Washington (state)
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