I've always been fascinated by the name of this location ever since the day we had to launch SkyKING to cover a report of an overturned boat in the area.
Point No Point is located on the northeastern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula, about four miles due west of Whidbey Island.
It was named by U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes, who commanded the United States Exploring Expedition in 1841. As he approached the spit of land, he thought it was a substantial point. When he realized it was much smaller than he expected, he named it Point No Point.
The Point No Point Treaty was signed in 1855. The S'Klallam, Chimacum and Skokomish Tribes agreed to hand over ownership of their land in exchange for 3,840 acres in reservation land at the head of Hood Canal, $60,000, a free agricultural and industrial school and free access to a physician, a blacksmith, a carpenter and a farmer.
Point No Point is home to the oldest lighthouse in Puget Sound. It was first lit an 1879.
If you have a question you'd like the KING5.com staff to try answering, send it to iwonder@king5.com. Do not post your question in the comment section. Please include your first name and where you are writing from so we can post it with your question. We will not post your last name or any other information.
