# Port Madison

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'''Port Madison''', sometimes called Port Madison Bay, is a deep water bay located on the west shore of [Puget Sound](/source/Puget_Sound) in western [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)). It is bounded on the north by [Indianola](/source/Indianola%2C_Washington), on the west by [Suquamish](/source/Suquamish%2C_Washington), and on the south by [Bainbridge Island](/source/Bainbridge_Island%2C_Washington). Port Madison connects to [Bainbridge Island](/source/Bainbridge_Island) via the [Agate Pass Bridge](/source/Agate_Pass_Bridge) to the southwest.  Two small bays open off Port Madison: Miller Bay to the northwest, and another small bay to the south which, confusingly, is also called Port Madison Bay (or, locally, as the "Inner Harbor").

The inner harbor, which indents into Bainbridge Island is where the ''Port Madison Yacht Club'' and a ''Seattle Yacht Club outstation'' are located. The [Port Madison Indian Reservation](/source/Port_Madison_Indian_Reservation) is located on the west and north shores of Port Madison.

According to various sources, the native name of the bay was either Tu-che-kup or Noo-sohk-um. On Nov. 8 1824, John Work of the [Hudson's Bay Company](/source/Hudson's_Bay_Company), while looking for potential sites for a trading post, recorded it as Soquamis Bay - a variation on the name of the [Suquamish](/source/Suquamish_people) tribe which made its home on the western shore. The [Wilkes Expedition](/source/United_States_Exploring_Expedition) surveyed the bay on May 10, 1841 and named it for [James Madison](/source/James_Madison), the 4th president of the United States.

[George A. Meigs](/source/George_Anson_Meigs) built a lumber mill on the Bainbridge Island shore of the bay in 1854, and Port Madison was soon a booming mill town. The town of Port Madison became [Kitsap County](/source/Kitsap_County%2C_Washington)'s first [county seat](/source/county_seat), but after the economic depression of the 1890s closed the mill, the seat was relocated and Port Madison became a ghost town. Today, Port Madison is a residential area and a popular destination for [boaters](/source/boating).

==External links==
* [http://www.portmadisonyc.org/ Port Madison Yacht Club]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930122147/http://www.seattleyachtclub.org/Clubhouse/OutStations/sycPortMadison.htm  Seattle Yacht Club - Port Madison Outstation]

Category:Bays of Washington (state)
Category:Landforms of Puget Sound
Category:Bays of Kitsap County, Washington

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