Beckett Point, Washington

Beckett Point is a small point jutting out into Discovery Bay located ten miles from the city of Port Townsend in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The Point is owned by the Beckett Point Fisherman's Club, which leases out 96 homes. Many of the families have lived there for several generations, fishing salmon, crab, and shrimp.

History

Beckett Point was named by George Vancouver in 1792. Vancouver also named Discovery Bay, Washington for his ship, Puget Sound and Whidbey Island for crew members and Vancouver Island for himself. Many, many other places in the Pacific Northwest are named by him and his crew. It is likely that someone named "Beckett" was part of his crew.

Beckett Point Fisherman's Club has owned Beckett Point since June 27, 1939 when the club was founded by:

• Lyall L. Arey
• Bruce Blevins
• Bert Carr
• Roy Dale
• Cecil Guptill
• H. L. Hirtzler
• S. L. Lockhart
• N. W. Raynor

External links

• Beckett Point Fisherman's Club Webpage

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Washington, United States
County seat: Port Townsend
City	Port Townsend
CDPs	Brinnon Marrowstone Port Hadlock-Irondale Port Ludlow Queets‡ Quilcene
Other unincorporated communities	Beckett Point Cape George Center Chimacum Clearwater Coyle Discovery Bay Gardiner Indian Island Kalaloch Leland Nordland Shine Woodmans
Indian reservation	Quinault Indian Reservation‡
Ghost town	McGees
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 48°04′37″N 122°53′20″W / 48.07694°N 122.88889°W / 48.07694; -122.88889