Oyster Bay (Puget Sound)

Kennedy Creek Natural Area Preserve is a state-protected Natural Area near US Highway 101 on Oyster Bay, Puget Sound, in southwest Washington state, United States. The preserve is on the border of Thurston County and Mason County and contains 203 acres (82 ha) of intertidal salt marsh and upland forest.The Area is located approximately 100 yards from the junction of U.S. Highway 101 and Old Olympic Highway, about a 15-minute drive from Washington's capital city of Olympia. Parking areas are located on the side of Old Olympic Highway, and a short all-weather pedestrian trail leads to an improved wildlife viewing and interpretive area. The Preserve is visited by large numbers of migratory waterfowl, especially in winter months. Birding is best on a falling tide. Kennedy Creek, whose headwaters are 500-foot (150 m) Summit Lake in the Black Hills, is one of the largest Chum salmon spawning areas in the lower Puget Sound, and has a genetically distinct run of Chum salmon. A forest trail about 1 mile (1.6 km) up from Oyster Bay along Kennedy Creek was opened in 2000 for salmon viewing during spawning season.A $1 million expansion of the area has been proposed and is pending legislative action.

Schneider Creek is a stream in Mason and Thurston counties in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to Totten Inlet.Schneider Creek was named after Konrad Schneider.

Kennedy Creek is a stream in Mason and Thurston counties in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to the Totten Inlet.Kennedy Creek has the name of Franklin Kennedy, a local judge.

Kamilche is an unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington, United States. Primarily a farm area, Kamilche is also the home to the Squaxin Indian Tribe. It is at the crossroads of U.S. Route 101 and State Route 108. Kamilche sits at the edge of Little Skookum Inlet, a finger waterway off Puget Sound.

Burns Cove is a bay in the U.S. state of Washington.Burns Cove has the name of Henry Burns, an early settler.

Little Skookum Inlet is a branch of southern Puget Sound which extends westward from Totten Inlet. The community of Kamilche, Washington is on Little Skookum Inlet.

Elevation is a cannabis shop on the Squaxin Island Tribe trust lands at Kamilche, Washington, across Washington State Route 108 from the tribe's Little Creek Casino. It became the first tribally operated cannabis shop in the United States in November 2015.

Brown Cove is a small body of salt water that extends southward from Little Skookum Inlet. The Community of Kamilche, Washington is near by.

KRXY (94.5 FM, "94.5 Roxy") is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary music format. Licensed to Shelton, Washington, United States, the station is currently owned by Olympia Broadcasters, Inc.

Mud Bay Indian Shaker Church is the first church built by the Indian Shaker Church.The first Shaker Indian church, also called the "mother church", was built c. 1885 near Olympia, then the capital of Washington Territory. The structure was built on a shoulder of the Black Hills above Mud Bay, at the southern end of Eld Inlet, an arm of Puget Sound. It was near the homes of Louis "Mud Bay Louie" Yowaluch (aka Mud Bay Louis) and his brother Sam "Mud Bay Sam" Yowaluch, co-founders of the church, first and second "headman"s respectively. Mud Bay Sam was the first Bishop (church leader) after incorporation of Shaker Indian Church in 1910.The original church was oriented in an east-west direction, in a manner that would set the pattern for subsequent church architecture. The earliest several churches were about 18-by-24-foot (5.5 m × 7.3 m) plain wooden buildings with 10-foot (3.0 m) shingle roofs, stout wooden doors and floors. The Mud Bay church was rebuilt in 1910.

Shell Point is a point in the U.S. state of Washington.Shell Point was so named on account of clam and oyster shells.

Simmons Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to the Eld Inlet.Simmons Creek was named after the Simmons family, which harvested oysters.