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Dungeness, Washington

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Dungeness is currently home to Nash's Organic Farm, Five Acre School, and Olympic Lavender Heritage Farm. The latter is home of the Olympic Lavender Festival and one of many farms featured during the annual Sequim Lavender Farm Tour in July and annual Tour de Lavender Metric Century Ride in August.
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get their name from the area, where the first commercial fishing was done for the species. The Dungeness crab fishery began in 1848 and is said to be the oldest known shellfish fishery of the North Pacific coast. Crab flourish in Dungeness Bay, and crabbing is a popular local pastime.
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in 1792, who wrote: "The low sandy point of land, which from its great resemblance to Dungeness in the English Channel, It is called New Dungeness."
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which contain many trails. The latter contains the Dungeness Spit, Washington state's longest natural sand spit and home to the
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Smaller communities within the Dungeness area include Old Town, which is located near the
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Recreational areas in and near Dungeness include Cline Spit and the
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Unincorporated communities in Clallam County, Washington
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Unincorporated community in Washington, United States
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Unincorporated community
Dungeness Spit at dusk
Dungeness is located in Washington (state)
48°08′48″N 123°07′18″W / 48.14667°N 123.12167°W / 48.14667; -123.12167
Country
State
Washington
County
Clallam
Time zone
UTC-8
Pacific (PST)
DST
UTC-7
unincorporated community
Clallam County
Washington
Sequim
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Dungeness Spit
Dungeness
England
George Vancouver
Dungeness crab

Cline Spit
Jamestown
Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
New Dungeness Light House
Washington State Place Names

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