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  From Rainforest to Grassland, Coastal Forests
The headland at Cape Flattery is high above the Pacific Ocean, and the waves, which have deeply undercut the cliff, break in the hollows below the point of land.
Cape Flattery, on the Olympic Peninsula, is on the Makah Indian Reservation and reached via Neah Bay.
From the Cape Flattery trailhead, there is a short half mile walk to the headland that overlooks the Pacific Ocean and Tatoosh Island.
www.wsu.edu:8080 /~wsherb/edpages/raingrass/coastalforest.html   (334 words)

  
  Cape Flattery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cape Flattery is the furthest northwest point of the contiguous United States.
Makah Bay and Neah Bay are on either side of the cape.
Neah Bay, Washington is the closest town to the cape.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cape_Flattery   (120 words)

  
 The Wilderness Society - Massive Cape York Peninsula water grab should be stopped by the Queensland Government
In November 2003, Cape Flattery Silica Mines Pty Ltd lodged an application under the Water Act 2000 to extract the groundwater for use in its silica sand mining operations south of Cape Melville National Park.
A number of Queensland and Commonwealth Government reports have established the international and national conservation values of the Cape Flattery sand dunes and have drawn a the direct link between the ecological health of the region and the availability of groundwater necessary to maintain plant and animal life during the long dry season.
The extraction and depletion of groundwater at Cape Flattery is particularly undesirable given the documented and internationally important relationship between ecosystem health and available groundwater and surface water availability, particularly during the long and protracted dry season, throughout Cape York Peninsula.
www.wilderness.org.au /campaigns/northernaustralia/capeyork/cape_flattery   (1896 words)

  
 Neah Bay Cape Flattery
At the end of State Route 112, Neah Bay is the home of Makah Indian Reservation, the Makah Cultural and Research Center museum, a new marina and a U.S. Coast Guard station.
It is the largest archaeological collection held by any tribe in the U.S. Artifacts from another ancient fishing village at the mouth of the Hoko River dig are also on display.
Cape Flattery, to Neah Bay's west, is the northwesternmost point in the contiguous U.S. and has a new lookout at the end of a trail, where visitors can see the rugged coastline and Tatoosh Island and the Cape Flattery Lighthouse, which is today unmanned.
www.forks-web.com /fg/neahbaycapefattery.htm   (335 words)

  
 Short Trips: Spectacular views abound along coast
In Washington state geography terms, Cape Flattery could be considered the end of the road -- the road being state Route 112, which flanks part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Port Angeles to Neah Bay.
A true scenic wonder of the Washington coast, Cape Flattery is the farthest northwest point in the continental United States.
Cape Flattery Lighthouse on Tatoosh Island was first lit in 1857.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /printer2/index.asp?ploc=b&refer=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/102254_shorttrips02.shtml   (1402 words)

  
 Cape Flattery Australian Aboriginal Conspiracy
Gordon Charlie was to stressed from cunning manipulations from the government to attend as elder for his people and the government officials made statements at the meeting encouraging the removal of Gordon Charlie.
The Dingaal and traditional owners at Cape Flattery are owed in excess of $40 million in royalty payments due to an agreement made between the HopeVale Council and Cape Flattery Silica Sand Mine Pty Ltd., which is mine operating on their traditional land.
Cape York Land Council members and State of Queensland government visiting workers have excited a community member of HopeVale to threaten to kill Ms.
www.rejectz.com /conspiracy.htm   (1292 words)

  
 Ports Corporation of Queensland - Our Ports - Cape Flattery - Community
The Port of Cape Flattery is a key asset to the community that surrounds it.
An economic impact study commissioned by PCQ in 2002 found that the port accounted for an estimated 31 full-time equivalent jobs, and that a further 37 flow-on jobs were generated by port-related activities.
Over 1,000 ha of seagrass was noted in the area between Cape Flattery and Lookout Point in a seagrass survey carried out by PCQ in 1997.
www.pcq.com.au /capeflattery_community.cfm   (207 words)

  
 Cape Flattery Lighthouse, Washington at Lighthousefriends.com
Congress allocated a sum of $39,000 in 1854 to construct both the Cape Flattery Lighthouse on Tatoosh Island and one on the New Dungeness Spit.
Proceed west out of Neah Bay to the Cape Flattery Trail which is located approximately 5 miles west of Neah Bay.
The Cape Flattery Trail leads 0.75 miles to the tip of the cape, where there are multiple observation platforms from which you can view Tatoosh Island and the lighthouse.
www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=120   (1425 words)

  
 Cape Flattery, WA
Cape Flattery, WA printed from AmericanProfile.com on 4/2/2007
Cape Flattery, the westernmost point in the continental United States, is a magical tip resting within the reservation land of the Makah Indian Nation—a rare spot where you can experience both life on the edge and deep tranquility at the same time.
Before the Makah constructed the three-quarter mile trail out to the viewpoints, a walking pleasure, sightseers and tourists to the Cape were met with a muddy and sometimes dangerous trek.
www.americanprofile.com /article/1647.html?printable=true   (668 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Cape Flattery Light on Tatoosh Island begins operating on December 28, 1857.
Built between 1856 and 1857 on a 20-acre bean-shaped rock at the northwestern-most point of the continental United States, Cape Flattery Lighthouse is the first of an evolving series of navigation aids on the island that will assist mariners in entering the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Tatoosh, a 20-acre island lying one-half mile off the cape, is actually an extension of that promontory, connected to it by submarine rock ledges.
Cape Flattery Light on Tatoosh Island, with Cape Flattery, Duncan's Rock, and the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 1869
www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5703   (2571 words)

  
 leif . places . bike trips . cape hatteras to cape flattery (summer 2004)
in the morning i rode the final wee bit out to the cape flattery trail, which leads through a really beautiful forest over a 3/4 mile hike out to the northwest tip of the united states.
cape flattery, on the other hand, is a series of rocky crags at the northwest tip of the olympic peninsula in washington, pounded by the surf and held together by a patch of spectactularly large old-growth firs, cedars, and pines.
This also meant that jon couldn't join me all the way to cape hatteras, so i would go it alone by riding first 25 miles east from ocracoke, and then starting the actual bike trip west to cape flattery.
ambient.2y.net /leif/places/bike-trips/200405-nc-to-wa   (11151 words)

  
 Cape Flattery Trail, Olympic National Park, Washington State Coastline
With the recently renovated Cape Flattery trail, hikers can now enjoy the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States first-hand.
The trail is also home to the historic Cape Flattery Lighthouse.
Relax among five observation perches with cedar decks and guardrails and be rewarded with a glimpse of otters, sea lions, seals, puffin and whales or any of the 250 species of birds that live along this beautiful Northwest coastline.
www.northwestsecretplaces.com /capeflattery.html   (146 words)

  
 Cape Flattery - Wikistak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Cape Flattery, is one (if not the best) of the best kept secrets in Washington State.
The drive there is about 60-70 miles from Port Angeles as the crow flies, however the roads are very curvy and there are very few straight ways or places your car will see over 40mph on the speedometer.
Cape Flattery is located in the Makah Indian Reservation.
www.sleestak.net /wiki/index.php?title=Cape_Flattery   (420 words)

  
 Northwesternmost Point of the Olympic Peninsula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A seven-mile unimproved road takes you Out to a newly improved Cape Trail that leads out to the point of Cape Flattery - the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States.
Cape Flattery, named by the British captain James Cook in 1778, is the northwestern-most point in the contiguous United States.
A Cape Trail goes through very dense growth of forest to the edge Of the cape where viewing Platforms have been constructed.
www.forks-web.com /fg/capeflattery.htm   (267 words)

  
 Washington Travel Information, Cape Flattery - KOA Campgrounds
But one of the highlights of the entire trip was a little-known spot in Washington: Cape Flattery, the northwesternmost point in the continental United States.
We learned the cape was named by Captain James Cook back in 1778 after an opening on the coast "flattered" him into thinking it led to an inland passage.
The Cape Flattery Trail is a 3/4-mile-long, mostly cedar boardwalk that took us past some of the most beautiful coastline scenery we've ever laid eyes on.
www.koa.com /vacationideas/us/nw/capeflattery.htm   (496 words)

  
 AAP General News (Australia): Qld: Mine workers protest against layoffs at Cape Flattery@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
AAP General News (Australia): Qld: Mine workers protest against layoffs at Cape Flattery@ HighBeam Research
Qld: Mine workers protest against layoffs at Cape Flattery
Cape Flattery Silica Mine management on Monday gave notice that 35 workers had to be
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:92970684&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (194 words)

  
 Flattery, Cape on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A lighthouse and the reservation of the Makah people are on the cape, where cliffs rise 120 ft (37 m) above the Pacific Ocean.
Qld: Mine workers protest layoffs at Cape Flattery
QLD: Workers leave Cape York mine but dispute continues
www.encyclopedia.com /html/f/flattery.asp   (289 words)

  
 Rose People - Flowers for Cape Flattery, Washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Whether you wish your flower order to be delivered to Cape Flattery, WA or anywhere else in the US, we can accommodate your wishes.
Delivery of flowers to Cape Flattery, WA is available Monday through Saturday on orders received before 2:00 pm time (12 noon on Saturday).
Cape Flattery, Washington flower orders received after that time may be delivered the next delivery day.
www.rosepeople.com /WA/Cape_Flattery.htm   (135 words)

  
 Cape Flattery, WA - FM Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Cape Flattery, WA This lovely, and some what magical, place is the most Northwestern point on the contiguous fortyeight states.
Re: Cape Flattery, WA The image sets up a couple of things for me. The first thing that attracted my eye was the formation in the right foreground.
Re: Cape Flattery, WA If this is any indication, then I'd say that you've found a home photographing on the Peninsula.
www.fredmiranda.com /forum/message_archives.php?Action=GoToLastPost&TopicID=182990   (860 words)

  
 timothy p. griepp  |  adventure & recreation
Cape Flattery finds its home in the Makah Nation on the northwest most corner of the Olympic Peninsula in Neah Bay, WA.
The sights and sounds of the cape are phenomenal and well worth the scenic drive along highway 112.
The majestic view of the cape overlooks the straight of Juan de Fuca that cuts between the peninsula and Victoria.
www.creative-vision.org /recreation/adventure/olympic_cape   (201 words)

  
 Cape Flattery Australian Aboriginal Conspiracy
Cape Flattery Silica Mines Pty Ltd, is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi.
The Dingaal people will be forced to live away from their traditional lands where there ancestral spirits and connections to the land will remain due to the conspiracy to take what rightfully belongs to the people.
Government Spokesman On Most Cape York Aboriginal issues is not the Nice guy portrayed in the media and from Government Workers.
www.rejectz.com /capeflattery.htm   (560 words)

  
 Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
A linguistic family inhabiting the western coast of British Columbia from 50° 30' to Garden Channel, and the west and northwest of Vancouver Island, as well as a small region around Cape Flattery, Washington.
In 1843 the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post at Victoria, and since then there has been constant communication with the natives, but with the usual result that the immorality of the whites, in conjunction with the ravages of smallpox, has brought about a gradual decrease in the Indian population.
The Nootka, consisting of twenty-three tribes, dwell on the shores between Cape Cook on the north and Port San Juan on the south, and include the Makah Indians at Cape Flattery.
www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen15.html?term=Wakash%20Indians   (577 words)

  
 Cape Flattery Lighthouse  by Harbour Lights
Thus he named the inlet Cape Flattery, and writing in his logbook: In this very latitude geographers have placed the pretended Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The island of Tatoosh lies about a half mile off Cape Flattery and it is on this land — owned, in fact, by the Makah Indians and named in honor of an 18th Century chief — that Cape Flattery Lighthouse was built and first lit in 1857.
The Cape Flannery Trail leads to the tip of the cape where observation platforms offer views of Tatoosh Island and the beautiful old lighthouse.
www.harbourlights.com /catalog/2004/cape_flattery.htm   (431 words)

  
 Cape Flattery - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Cape Flattery - Search Results - MSN Encarta
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Search for books about your topic, "Cape Flattery"
encarta.msn.com /Cape_Flattery.html   (108 words)

  
 Ports Corporation of Queensland - Our Ports - Cape Flattery
The Port of Cape Flattery is situated more than 200 kilometres north of Cairns on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula.
It is used for the export of silica sand from the Cape Flattery mine.
The port terminal is operated by Cape Flattery Silica Mines Pty Ltd (CFSM).
www.pcq.com.au /capeflattery.cfm?print=1   (158 words)

  
 Cape Flattery - a hiking trail in Washington
Cape Flattery - a hiking trail in Washington
Cape Flattery is the most western piece of land of the contiguous United States.
To get to the trail drive to Sekiu via either SR112 or SR101/SR113 (SR101/SR113 is in a bit faster and offers view of Lake Crescent along the way; SR112 is a bit slower and windy, but offers views of the ocean from time to time).
www.hikipedia.com /trail/39   (516 words)

  
 Cape Flattery — Infoplease.com
Flattery, Cape, NW Wash., at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait; discovered in 1778 by Capt. James Cook.
A lighthouse and the reservation of the Makah people are on the cape, where cliffs rise 120 ft (37 m) above the Pacific Ocean.
Forging indigenous methodologies on cape flattery: the Makah Museum as a center of collaborative research.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0818880.html   (156 words)

  
 Cape Flattery, Washington Tourist Attractions, America's Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In 1788, Captain John Meares, one of several explorers who managed to confirm the existence of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, visited a small island a half mile off Cape Flattery.
A lighthouse is much needed also at Cape Flattery and I would recommend that it be situated on Tatoochi Island, a small island almost touching the Northwest extremity of Cape Flattery … to vessels bound from seaward a lighthouse on this island would be of much assistance.
Congress allocated a sum of $39,000 in 1854 to construct both the Cape Flattery Lighthouse on Tatoosh Island and one on the New Dungeness Spit.
www.aviewofamerica.com /Categories/Lighthouses/WA/capeflattery.htm   (301 words)

  
 Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, Clallam County, WA Olympic Peninsula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A paper discussing the Cape Flattery migration studies was presented at the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) Conference VIII held in the Salt Lake City area on 12-15 June 1997.
Data from the Cape Flattery studies are included with results from 10 or more other sites in the West to enable long-term monitoring of raptor populations and their flyways.
The 1998 spring raptor migration study at Cape Flattery, the last study done under a two-year research agreement between HawkWatch International (HWI) and the Makah Nation, produced a low count, probably in part related to the unusual spring weather accompanying the record El Nino season.
www.dungenessrivercenter.org /DRCexhib/Fauna/birdcf.htm   (550 words)

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