Bellingham Bay
Bellingham Bay is a bay of the Salish Sea located in Washington State in the United States. It is separated from the Strait of Georgia on the west by the Lummi Peninsula, Portage Island, and Lummi Island.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay of Puget Sound in Whatcom County, Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “Bahia de Gaston” and “Ballsom Bay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairhaven and Bellingham.
Fairhaven
Suburb
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fairhaven was a settlement in Washington state founded in 1883 by Dan Harris. In 1903, it became part of the city of Bellingham and remains a historic neighborhood. Fairhaven is situated 3 miles east of Bellingham Bay.
Bellingham
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Bellingham, the "City of Subdued Excitement", is a city of 92,000 people in the northwest region of Washington State. It is the northernmost city in the contiguous 48 states.
Lummi Island
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Lummi Island is in the Northwest Washington region of Washington State. Lummi Island is best known for its unique reefnet salmon fishery, eclectic population of artists, picturesque seascapes, and rural setting.
Bellingham Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Bellingham Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bellingham Bay”
- Czech: “Bellinghamův záliv”
- French: “baie de Bellingham”
- French: “Baie de Bellingham”
- German: “Bellingham Bay”
- Italian: “Bellingham Bay”
- Slovenian: “Bahia de Gaston”
- Slovenian: “Ballsom Bay”
- Slovenian: “Bellingham Bay”
- Slovenian: “zaliv Bellingham”
- Spanish: “bahía Bellingham”
- Spanish: “Bahía Bellingham”
- “Bellingham Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Port of Bellingham Marine Park and Squalicum Waterway.
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