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As sleepy and serene a town you will find anywhere in the USA, tiny Lilliwaup (pronounced Lill-I-wop, meaning "little bay") nestles along a shallow bay where the Lilliwaup Creek empties into Hood Canal. The town of a few hundred is built upon the site of a large resort hotel and burgeoning pioneer community that went suddenly "bust" in 1891 when the much-anticipated railroad was re-routed to Tacoma. One of the Olympic Peninsula's most spectacular waterfalls, Lilliwaup Falls, is located on private property here. Nearby, a privately operated fish hatchery has kept the bay teeming with salmon every fall--with fishing enthusiasts enjoying the bounty in Hood Canal. The town is a photographer's favorite in the fall, when autumn leaves frame the historic Lilliwaup Bay Bridge with the Olympic foothills behind. A public access stairway provides natural on-the-beach picnicking, campfire cooking and pristine oyster beds with some of the sweetest and most succulent oysters anywhere in the Pacific Northwest. Overnight car and RV parking is allowed. The Lilliwaup Store and Motel, built in 1925, offers fireplace rooms, provisions and fuel. Next door, the Lilliwaup Community Club, a former one-room schoolhouse built in 1904, still hosts community events and is available for weddings and other occasions.
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