Point Wilson
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Point Wilson is situated on the Olympic Peninsula at the northeastern most point of Jefferson County, Washington approximately two miles north of Port Townsend.
This low, broad sand-spit, extends over a half-mile into the water and marks the entrance to Admiralty Inlet from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Here, the main shipping channel narrows and makes a sharp turn to the south into Puget Sound.
Nearby shoals, heavy rip-tides, and persistent fogs influenced the placing of a lighthouse on Point Wilson in 1879. In 1913, the present Point Wilson Lighthouse was built by the United States Lighthouse Service.
The Chemakum Indians named this point Kam-kam-ho and the S'Klallum Indians called it Kam-Kum. Captain George Vancouver of the British Navy named Point Wilson on June 6, 1792, in honor of a colleague, Captain George Wilson.
