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Vashon Island

American  
[vash-on] / ˈvæʃ ɒn /

noun

  1. an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).


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While riding to Seattle, Vashon Island resident Mitch Kent captured “the magic of the sunrise, our vibrant waterfront and active seaport.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Willenbrink-Johnsen definitely knew her regional competitors, Morgan Peterson, of Beacon Hill, and Ryan Blythe, of Vashon Island, and she knew all but three of the other 10 competitors.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Diers, 71, from Vashon Island, is the winner of the 2023 Reader Photo of the Year for his National Geographic-esque picture of a gull swallowing a starfish.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Funding for Kitsap Transit’s fast passenger ferries to Bremerton will continue; proposed for the first time this year is money to boost sailings by King County’s water taxi from Seattle to Vashon Island.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

There, southward, through golden haze, with the dark and wooded bluffs of Vashon Island flanking the deep foreground of opal sea, the dome lifted like a phantom peak.

From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff

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