Spike Visits Deception Pass

Spike went on a road trip today and one of the places that he found was Deception Pass.

It's called Deception pass because when Captain George Vancouver the first European to identify the area near Whidbey Island as a passage realized that he had mistakenly identified Whidbey island as a peninsula. The current in the narrow passage between the island and the mainland at tidal changes is so strong it was easily mistaken for a river.  He named that island "Whidbey" in honor of his assistant, Joseph Whidbey, who was at his side when Vancouver realized the mistake. The captain named the inlet at which he was anchored "Deception Pass" to commemorate the error.