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I removed Gig Harbor from the list of cities as it lies on the Kitsap Peninsula as opposed to the Olympic

Olympia is at the crotch of the peninsula and is also eponymous with the peninsula so it should be on the list, no? Matt gies 04:08, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

If the Kitsap Peninsula is truly west "across Puget Sound from Seattle", and the Olympic Peninsula is west of the Kitsap, and the Kitsap is not part of the Olympic Peninsula region, then wouldn't it be better to say the Olympic Peninsula... "lies west of Puget Sound and Hood Canal"? Lupinelawyer 03:32, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Note that Hood Canal is part of Puget Sound, according to the USGS and most scientific or technical definitions (see both pages for references). In common usage it seems that many people think of the two as separate inlets rather than two arms of the same larger waterbody. Currently both this page and the Kitsap Peninsula page say that the Kitsap Pen. is part of the Olympic Pen. I have not come across this definition before. Searching for definitions, all I find are ones that say Hood Canal is the eastern boundary of the Olympic Peninsula and the western boundary of the Kitsap Pen. Neither peninsula page has any references at all. I'm going to ask for the source of the idea that Kitsap Pen. is part of the Olympic Pen. Pfly (talk) 05:37, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Port Angeles = U.S. Auxiliary Capitol?[edit]

I tried to find some evidence for the phrase "Port Angeles, the Peninsula's second largest town, was once designated as The United States Auxiliary Capitol", but all a search turned up was a series of tourist information pages that had the exact same wording, and none of which had any sources themselves. The only references to any U.S. Auxiliary Capitol were in these web sites, referring to Port Angeles. So is this reliable information, or should it be deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.138.65.197 (talk) 17:03, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't even exist on the Port Angeles page. I added a "citation needed" tag, but now I'm just going to go delete it. If it's not made up, someone else will have to prove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.222.109.61 (talk) 04:55, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]