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to Liberty Bay. The present name was adopted through general usage. The original name was a location tie-in to the bayshore plant Harry Drescott operated in the 1860s. It used
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The southeastern half of Liberty Bay is very narrow. The shores are low and wooded, and the shoreline is sand and gravel. There are
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is a narrow inlet extending about 4 miles in a northerly direction from the northwest part of
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on the south side of the bay. Mud is the predominant bottom characteristic.
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