The southeastern half of Liberty Bay is very narrow. The shores are low and wooded, and the shoreline is sand and gravel. There are
mud flats at the head of the bay and in the small
bight on the south side of the bay. Mud is the predominant bottom characteristic.
Tidal velocities exceed 1 knot at times. The city of
Poulsbo, Washington lies at the north end of the bay. Variously named
Dogfish Bay,
Liberty Bay and
Poulsbo Bay. According to the Kitsap Peninsula Visitor and Convention Bureau's Web site: "Despite pleas of Poulsbo residents, the
Washington State Legislature, in 1893 and 1899, refused to change the official title of
Dogfish Bay to Liberty Bay. The present name was adopted through general usage. The original name was a location tie-in to the bayshore plant Harry Drescott operated in the 1860s. It used
dogfish oil to grease the logs that made up
lumber camp skid roads." The
tanker ship Liberty Bay is the most expensive
Jones Act ship as of 2014. ==References==