Beckett Point, Washington

{{Short description|Sand spit in Washington, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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| etymology = Possible crew member of Vancouver Expedition

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Beckett Point is a small sand spit jutting out into northeastern Discovery Bay, about ten miles from the city of Port Townsend in Jefferson County, Washington, United States.{{Cite web|title=Beckett Point, Jefferson County, Washington

|publisher= Washington Native Plant Society

|author=Nelsa Buckingham

|url=https://www.wnps.org/plant_lists/counties/jefferson/beckett_point.doc

|year=1991

|format=DOC}} The Point is owned by the Beckett Point Fisherman's Club, which leases out approximately 100 homes.{{cite web

|url=http://www.beckettpoint.com/

|accessdate=2017-12-12

|title=Beckett Point Member Website

|author=Beckett Point Fisherman's Club

|date=}} Many of the families have lived there for several generations, fishing salmon, crab, and shrimp.

Home to approximately 81 species of plants, the point contains a rare remnant of the region's original prairie ecosystem.{{cite book

|title=The History of Beckett Point

|year=2014

|author=Neil Gallagher

|page=41|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

|isbn=978-1495242571

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