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US: Seattle, WA – Is it Seattle or New Georgia?
On June 4, 1792 , British Captain George Vancouver ‘s expedition reached where the city of Everett now stands and Vancouver claimed the entire region for England, naming it New Georgia, after King George III.
US: Seattle, WA – Explorer George Vancouver
While searching for the Northwest Passage, British Captain George Vancouver explored this northwest area. On May 19, 1792, Vancouver anchored off what is now Seattle. He sent Lieutenant Peter Puget south to explore what became the body of water named after him, Puget Sound.
US: Seattle, WA – Ferry British Columbia to Seattle, Washington
The Victoria Clipper is a speedy and fun way to zip across the water from Victoria, British Columbia in Canada to Seattle, Washington in the US.
US: Seattle, WA – Seattle Mural
US: Seattle, WA – Seattle Space Needle
Here’s a moody shot of the iconic Space Needle in Seattle looking like something you could make with a giant erector set.
US: Seattle, WA – MoPop’s Space Needle
No Frank Gehry did not salute the Seattle Space Needle by building it into his architectural plans of MoPop. That’s the actual Space Needle in this tromp l’oeil shot.
US: Seattle, WA – Views of Space Needle
US: Seattle, WA – Seattle Architecture
Architecture doesn’t always spill out onto the roadway. Here’s a place in modernistic Seattle where it includes the road.
US: Seattle, WA – Rippling Sheet Metal at MoPop
Architect Frank Gehry’s signature metallic swoops and swirls allow for great sculptural photographs of the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle.