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jps

In article . com,
says...

jps wrote:

He's just south of Poll Pass and sees all the traffic.

(Visualize big friendly grin)

Too many politics for you, JPS. That's "Pole Pass", not "Poll".

Pole Pass was given that name because when the first Euro-American
settlers arrived on Orcas and Crane Islands they noticed some very tall
poles erected on either side of the narrow channel separating the two
islands. Native Americans would catch migrating ducks and geese by
stretching a net across the pass and anchoring it to the poles.

(A "poll pass" sounds like something one might have needed in order to
vote in a lot of southern states prior to the Civil Rights movement).

Thanks for the correction Chuck. You're right about too much politics.
I'm betting Pole Pass would have been a good place to net salmon too.
Mighty narrow with a hell of a current during tide changes. It's always
fun navigating, especially when having to avoid another boat coming in
the opposite direction. A game of chicken with rocks.

jps