The term Salish Sea was coined in the 1980s by Dr. Bert Webber of Western Washington University in Bellingham.

Clark’s previous map of the Salish Sea was named the “best reference map” of 2022 in a competition held by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society in the U.S.

The Essential Geography of the Salish Sea map won "Best Reference Map " and "Best in Show" in the U.S.-based Cartography and Geographic Information Society 's 2024 Annual Map Design Competition.

Clark’s previous map of the Salish Sea was named the “best reference map” of 2022 in a competition held by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society in the U.S.

Bert Webber, a Bellingham marine biologist, first proposed calling the marine waters of southern B.C. and northern Washington the Salish Sea in an interview with the Bellingham Herald in 1988.

The Salish Sea Basin was one of the “most densely populated” pre-contact geographical areas, Hutchings said from his home on Gabriola Island, which is home to 98 of the pre-contact sites the ...

Here's something new you might find on a map soon. The Washington state Board on Geographic Names will meet Oct. 30 to determine whether to accept Salish Sea as a new official place name.

The name, Salish Sea, would not replace these waterway names, he said. Instead, one would refer to the Strait of Georgia, for example, as being in the Salish Sea.

Salish Sea Stormwater Monitoring Project volunteer Henry Pfeffer checks the tides before heading out to test for pollution at outfall pipes leading into Bellingham Bay.