Port Angeles, Washington

Clallam County

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Port Angeles is a city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Prefecture of Clallam County.

The coastal city located in the Pacific Northwest on the Olympic Peninsula Peninsula. It has 18,397 inhabitants (as of 2000) with 8,053 households on an area of ​​163.3 km ².

The harbor was discovered in 1791 by Spanish sailor Don Francisco de Eliza. Decreed in 1862 President Abraham Lincoln issued a decree establishing a location. Through the sale of land money should be taken for the American Civil War. At the awards ceremony of the city, right on June 11, 1890, the city fathers Port Angeles known as the "Second National City " because it to Washington, DC the second city was founded at the instigation of the U.S. federal government. However, that does not mean that Port Angeles would be the replacement Federal capital of the United States of America in the event of a crisis.

From Port Angeles several times a day car ferry to Victoria on Vancouver Iceland in British Columbia, Canada.

Mention in the literature

In Stephenie Meyer's five-part novel series " Bis (s ) " Port Angeles is mentioned several times.