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The port plays an important role in preserving the maritime flavor of
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Maritime use of the waters around what is now the Port of
Poulsbo has a history predating European contact. The Suquamish people harvested fish and shellfish here for several millennia, and a village — ho-cheeb — was located at the head of the bay until the mid-1800s. In the 1855
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working on replacing its aging, creosoted breakwater with an environmentally friendly floating breakwater, and partnered with the City of
Poulsbo in upgrading a waterfront parking lot with a permeable surface and rain gardens to filter stormwater runoff.
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mooring, commercial shops, residential housing (and "liveaboard" housing), the SEA Discovery Center, and
Liberty Bay Waterfront Park (Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park). The port is part of downtown Poulsbo, also known as "Little Norway".
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