Bellingham Bay, located in the Salish Sea, is flanked by Lummi Peninsula, Portage Island, and Lummi Island on the west and Bellingham City on the right. To the south-east are the Chuckanut Mountains, and to the south by Samish Bay. The Nooksack River empties into the bay, as does Whatcom Creek. The Bay is named for Sir William Bellingham, who was controller of the storekeeper’s account for the Royal Navy at the time that the Vancouver Expedition visited the bay in June 1792.
