It's Official: We're the City by the Salish Sea

I've mentioned before how much I love a Board on Geographic Names. I would like to mention it again now, seeing as the recent waterway-renaming decision of the Washington State Board on Geographic Names has just been unanimously endorsed by the mighty United States Board on Geographic Names:

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names approved the name Salish Sea today in a unanimous vote.

Make a note of it, people: the liquids formerly known as Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Georgia Strait are now the Salish Sea.

You got a problem with that? Talk to the Board.

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Eli Sanders

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won this, but he also once crashed his bike into a parked car while on his way to a staff meeting, never mind this, so… His website, which probably hasn't been updated in a while, is www.elisanders.net.

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