The large inlet around modern-day Seattle became Puget Sound, named after Lieutenant Peter Puget, who surveyed the area in two small boats. A long island north of present-day Seattle became ...

Back in May 1792, Captain George Vancouver led the first European expedition into what are now the Washington waters of Puget Sound. He and his crew came across the entrance to a body of water ...

He thought he had found the only surviving relic from Capt. George Vancouver’s historic 1792 voyage into Puget Sound. It was a barnacle-encrusted anchor in 45 feet of water just offshore in ...

In spite of missing the Columbia, Captain Vancouver is credited with, among other things, exploring, mapping and naming many features in and around Puget Sound.

Jordi De La Torre kicked a 16-yard field goal with no time left as host Puget Sound won 29-27 over George Fox.

Evening S. Puget Sound It may finally be time to change Mount Rainier's name. But to what?

The study showed that harbour seals in southern Puget Sound are four to five more times contaminated with PCBs and 1.8 times more with PBDEs than their counterparts at the other Salish Sea sites.

Lt. George Horatio Derby (1823 -1861) graduated from West Point in 1846. A decade later, as a topographic engineer stationed at Vancouver, he conducted surveys and issued contracts for road ...

On July 3, a 6.2-magnitude offshore earthquake took place in the Queen Charlotte Region between Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii, followed by a 4.0-magnitude quake.

The bloated body of an orca washed up dead Thursday on Vancouver Island in British Columbia has been confirmed as one of the endangered southern resident killer whales of Puget Sound. The whale ...