"False and New Dungeness Harbors" U.S. Coast Survey 1853 & 1856
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Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey Office
Date: 1853 False Dungeness & 1856 New Dungeness
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Description: A rich history surrounds both the New and False Dungeness Harbor and this map beautifully captures both locations. The New Dungeness Harbor was first discovered in 1790 by Spanish explorer Manuel Quimper who promptly named it after himself. Two years later Captain Vancouver landed in the harbor and renamed the harbor Dungeness, because he thought it resembled a location back in England. An important ecological fact about the New Dungeness Harbor is that it rests next to the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. Establish in 1915 under the name the Dungeness Spit Reservation this wildlife refuge has for a century served to protect native wildlife habitats and food cycles.
The city of Port Angeles and by extension the False Dungeness Harbor where first named El Puerto de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles in 1791 by Spanish explorer Lt. Francisco Eliza. Shortened to Puerto de los Angeles in 1792, then changed altogether to Cherbourg after the French city, before eventually being given then permanent name of Port Angeles in 1862. During the name shuffling of the area the harbor was given the title the False Dungeness Harbor due to the resemblance between the Dungeness Spit and the Ediz Hook. However, on modern maps the harbor name has been aptly changed to mirror the city's permanent name of Port Angeles.
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