Clallam (KLA-luhm), county (2,676 sq mi/6,931 sq km; 1990 pop. 56,464), NW Wash.; Port Angeles; 48°07'N 123°56'W. In the Olympic region. Bounded W by Pacific Ocean and N by Strait of Juan de Fuca, forms U.S.–Canada (B.C.) border. Drained by Elwha, Dungeness, Bogachiel, Calawah, and Sol Duc (Soleduck) rivers. Fish; timber; dairying; paper, pulp mills; resorts. Dungeness Natl. Wildlife Refuge in E; Dungeness and Sequim Bay state parks in E; Bogachiel State Park in W. Cape Flattery in NW tip of co. L. Crescent (Olympic Natl. Park) in N. Olympic Mts. rise in S. Includes part of Olympic Natl. Park in S, part of coastal sect. of Olympia Natl. Park in W, including L. Ozette. Makah, Ozette, and Quilleute (Quillayute) Indian reservations; Lower Elwha Indian reservation in N. Formed 1854.
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Port Angeles; 48°07'N 123°56'W. In the Olympic region. Bounded W by Pacific Ocean and N by Strait of Juan de Fuca, forms U.S.–Canada (B.C.) border. Drained by Elwha, Dungeness, Bogachiel, Calawah, and Sol Duc (Soleduck) rivers. Fish; timber; dairying; paper, pulp mills; resorts. Dungeness Natl. Wildlife Refuge in E; Dungeness and Sequim Bay state parks in E; Bogachiel State Park in W. Cape Flattery in NW tip of co. L. Crescent (Olympic Natl. Park) in N. Olympic Mts. rise in S. Includes part of Olympic Natl. Park in S, part of coastal sect. of Olympia Natl. Park in W, including L. Ozette. Makah, Ozette, and Quilleute (Quillayute) Indian reservations; Lower Elwha Indian reservation in N. Formed 1854.
